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So when can you safely go back to your doctor? Hospitals, Wolf admin. working on guidelines | Thursday Morning Coffee
Talks with the administration are ongoing, the top exec at an industry trade association says, as hospitals' bottom lines continue to take a battering.
COVID-19 in Pa.: Hospitals seek another aid package from Wolf, lawmakers
The industry is losing $1.5 billlion to $2 billion a month statewide because of canceled surgeries and other stress factors, a top official said Thursday.
Lawmakers, Wolf admin., Pa. hospitals are negotiating COVID-19 emergency relief fund
A similar fund, already in place in Washington State, an epicenter of the outbreak, has already reached $200 million, an industry executive said.
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In Pa., public health won out over Big Tobacco, but it could lose in this year’s budget | Opinion
Instead of channeling tobacco settlement fund money into public health, state lawmakers could use it to pay down debt. That's a concern for Pennsylvania's hospital industry.