This week’s Pennsylvania Newsmakers features Bob Latham, Executive Vice President of Associated Pennsylvania Constructors, who discusses the conditions of roads and bridges in the state, as well as work zone safety. Then, Kari King, President and CEO of the Pennsylvania Partnership for Children, joins host Terry Madonna for an update on raising children today’s society, the impact of Medicaid […]
With major Medicaid changes ahead, advocates want to see increased staffing for assistance offices
A group of health advocacy organizations are asking the state to improve staffing at county assistance offices, as well as to make other administrative changes the advocates say will lessen the likelihood of people losing their health coverage once the state starts “unwinding” its pandemic-era Medical Assistance. During the pandemic, individuals who got their health […]
Shapiro admin can do more as rollbacks to food and health benefits loom in Pa., experts say
Hundreds of thousands of Pennsylvanians could lose their health insurance and nearly two million could face more food insecurity in the coming months due to two sweeping rollbacks to pandemic-era federal policies. Health care advocates argue there is at least one concrete step the state can take right now to mitigate coverage losses. One of […]
Editorial: Slamming shut the Medicaid and CHIP continuous enrollment door
The people who can least afford it are about to experience the blatant cruelty of a disappearing helping hand. The coronavirus pandemic prompted the Families First Coronavirus Act. In addition to things such as paid covid sick leave and testing, it also addressed additional SNAP benefits and continuous enrollment in Medicaid and CHIP coverage for […]
End of pandemic-era policy presents dilemmas for millions of Pa. Medicaid, CHIP recipients
About 430,000 children who are enrolled in Medicaid are at risk of losing coverage, according to Carolyn Myers, spokesperson for the children’s advocacy organization Pennsylvania Partnerships for Children. They can enroll in CHIP if they lose coverage but run the risk of being lost in the shuffle, she said. “Our concern is that cliff, because, […]
