medicaid-expansion
Doula nonprofit offers financial assistance for state certification
As state lawmakers in Harrisburg work to combat Pennsylvania’s maternal mortality crisis, an advocacy organization is helping doulas with the cost to obtain a state certification, a move they hope will bring more people into the field and improve maternal health outcomes across the commonwealth.
Medicaid Cutoffs: An American horror story | Opinion
Some 15M Americans are being thrown off Medicaid. No elected official should stand for this.
What to do about cuts to state Medicaid rolls? | Editorial Cartoon
Millions of kids could lose health coverage as states purge Medicaid rolls as enhanced pandemic benefits end.
Report: Ranks of uninsured Pa. kids dropped during pandemic | Tuesday Morning Coffee
But the end of the public health emergency could undo that progress, an advocacy group has warned.
How a U.S. Supreme Court case could curtail Medicaid patients’ rights | Analysis
Twenty-two Republican-leaning states have urged the court to block beneficiaries from suing.
Pa. extends postpartum Medicaid coverage for pregnant persons
The extension will take effect beginning April 1, 2022 and will be available for five years as an optional part of the American Rescue Plan.
Billions of dollars for Medicaid expansion dangled in front of holdout states
Holdout states include Florida, Georgia, North Carolina, Kansas, Tennessee and Wisconsin. Pennsylvania already has opted into the expansion.
The Affordable Care Act is helping women of color in Pa. Now it’s at risk | Opinion
Thanks to the Affordable Care Act, 20 million Americans have been able to afford health insurance. Many of those same people would have been turned away because of pre-existing conditions
I’m a researcher: How Pa’s Medicaid expansion went beyond just data and touched my life | Opinion
We need to get the profit motive out of our healthcare system and make health care accessible and free to every human being in this country. Anything less is an early death sentence to our beloved and a loss beyond repair.