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Video: State Leaders Support Health Access

Submitted by pahealth on June 9, 2009 - 2:37pm
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Leaders of prominent Pennsylvania organizations stood together June 2nd at the Capitol in support of pending legislation to improve access to health care in the state. Watch video clips from that event.

State leaders stand together in support of health access

Submitted by pahealth on June 4, 2009 - 4:11pm
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Leaders of prominent Pennsylvania organizations stood together June 2nd at the Capitol in support of pending legislation to improve access to health care in the state.

Bishop Robert Driesen of the Upper Susquehanna Synod of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America, Bishop Jane Allen Middleton of the Central PA Conference of the United Methodist Church, Fran Viglietta of the PA Catholic Conference, and Jacqueline Rucker of Christian Churches United represented religious communities.

Bill to expand adultBasic health insurance introduced

Submitted by pahealth on May 22, 2009 - 11:56am
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PA House Majority Leader Todd Eachus has introduced a bill to expand adultBasic, Pennsylvania's subsidized health insurance plan, to 130,000 working-age adults.

Currently, only 44,000 people are insured by adultBasic, the program started by Governor Tom Ridge in 2001 to help the uninsured buy coverage at an affordable rate.  Approximately 235,000 people are on the waiting list, which has been growing rapidly.  The Eachus bill would enable 86,000 individuals to move from the waiting list into active coverage.

Obama says problems with health care are “part of the emergency”

Submitted by pahealth on December 16, 2008 - 4:36pm
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President-elect Obama is signalling his intent to make health reform a top priority during the first year of his administration.

Speaking December 11th at a news conference in Chicago, Obama picked Tom Daschle as his choice to lead Health and Human Services and direct a new White House Office of Health Reform.  A part of Daschle's job, according to the president-elect, is to secure "affordable, accessible health care for every single American."

Care of chronically ill lags in U.S.

Submitted by pahealth on November 18, 2008 - 5:06pm
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Chronically ill individuals in the United States are much more likely to experience difficulty in getting the medical care they need than similarly situated individuals in other highly developed countries.

This finding is made by The Commonwealth Fund and is based on a survey of 7,500 chronically ill patients from the U.S., Canada, France, the United Kingdom, the Netherlands, Germany, New Zealnd and Australia.  It is reported by the journal Health Affairs.

Pittsburgh midwife center supports SB 1137

Submitted by pahealth on May 6, 2008 - 7:09pm
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From the May 2nd Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

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