Four Southwestern Pennsylvania nursing homes could be in trouble after approval of the federal spending plan described by President Donald Trump as the “One Big... Zach Shamberg fears federal Medicaid ...
Proposed federal Medicaid cuts could remove an estimated 310,000 Pennsylvanians from the program. Care providers warn that cuts will exacerbate existing staffing shortages and jeopardize in-home care ...
Rural Pennsylvania hospitals got some financial relief with this year's budget, but health advocates say it’s not enough to solve longstanding challenges.
The continuing growth in states’ Medicaid programs has placed a severe financial strain on state budgets. In fiscal year 2024, Medicaid was the largest category of total state spending, consuming 29.8 ...
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Some 3 million Pennsylvania residents are covered by Medicaid, the publicly funded health program marked for $900 billion in cuts over the next decade with congressional Republicans approving on ...
Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Corbett plans to accept federal funding to carry out a variation on the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act’s Medicaid expansion plan, sources close to the governor have ...
The Hospital & Healthsystem Association of Pennsylvania released data showing that Pennsylvania’s hospitals will be shortchanged $5.28 billion in Medicaid payments between 2011 and 2015. In fiscal ...