Defending Healthcare is Defending Women – This Woman Included
I thought I was invincible until I sat on a doctor’s table when I was 24 years old. I was there because I gained 50 pounds in a matter of months. Despite my strict diet […]
Medicaid
Toomey Talks Health Care in TV Town Hall
After months of facing pressure from constituents to host a town hall-style meeting, Pennsylvania Sen. Pat Toomey gave some ground and decided to compromise—hosting an invitation-only town hall from the comforts of ABC27 News studios […]
New Report Reveals Impact of Pa. Nursing Home Industry’s Poverty Wages
MEDIA RELEASE: Keystone Research Center HARRISBURG, Pa. – Nov. 5, 2015 – Despite generating $407 million in profit in 2014, up from $370 million the year before, Pennsylvania’s nursing home industry employs nearly 15,000 workers […]
In Whose Best Interest? The Ethics Surrounding the AIDS Healthcare Foundation Lawsuit
Editor’s Note: Another awesome post from the wonderful world of Virally Suppressed: Muckraking for the Modern World out of Cincinnati, OH. This article was originally posted by Drew Gibson on Virally Suppressed. After you read this, head on over to […]
PA’s Worser: Conservative Group Masks Self-Contradictory Obamacare Attacks as “Policy Analysis”
In this edition of Counterpoint PA’s homage to Keith Olbermann, the Worst Pennsylvanians of the Week, the runner-up is a so-called “policy analyst” for a conservative advocacy group who, after calling Medicaid expansion under Obamacare […]
Attention MSNBC: Corbett Medicaid Restriction Plan is NOT Expansion Under Obamacare
It’s not unusual for part of a political narrative to be over-simplified to better fit the whole, but when a Republican governor proposes using federal funds from Medicaid expansion under Obamacare for private health insurance […]
All In with Chris Hayes Covers Pennsylvania Medicaid Expansion Story; Uses Story Raging Chicken Press Broke
So last night I fell asleep at 7:30 and missed All In with Chris Hayes’ coverage of the Pennsylvania Medicaid Expansion issue. He mentioned a story that we broke exclusively with at the Raging Chicken […]
BREAKING: PA Senate Advances Medicaid Expansion 40-10; Moves Vote to the House
Statement from the Pennsylvania Health Access Network Today, the Pennsylvania Senate took the first step in bringing the benefits of Medicaid Expansion — for families, hospitals, and our economy — to Pennsylvania. The full […]
Medicaid Expansion Protesters Escorted Out of PA Capitol
Latest update on occupation of Harrisburg capitol building via Pennsylvanians Demand We Expand Medicaid tumblr: Home Healthcare Workers, Fighting for Medicaid Expansion, Escorted Out Of Capitol Harrisburg, PA: A group of demonstrators made up of […]
Medical Emergency in Pennsylvania Capitol; Uninsured Activists Begin Occupation for Medicaid Expansion
Harrisburg, PA – A dozen uninsured Pennsylvanians have set up a camp inside the State Capitol to support Senate Democrats in their fight to pass Medicaid expansion in the state budget. The group wants to […]