Healthcare
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Pa. nursing home operator Genesis enters bankruptcy with $58 million tax debt to state
The private-equity backed company operates 42 long-term care facilities in the commonwealth.
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States can cut off Medicaid funding to Planned Parenthood, the Supreme Court rules
A divided Supreme Court allowed states to cut off Medicaid money to Planned Parenthood in a ruling handed down Thursday amid a wider Republican-backed push to defund the country’s biggest abortion provider.
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Gene editing helped a desperately ill Delaware County baby thrive. Scientists say it could someday treat millions
Researchers described the case in a new study, saying the baby is among the first to be successfully treated with a custom therapy that seeks to fix a tiny but critical error in his genetic code that kills half of affected infants.
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Opinion: My son relies on Medicaid for round-the-clock care. Republicans want to cut it.
Tax season has come and gone yet again, with millions of American families filing last month. But as my family took part in this annual ritual, nothing felt quite the same.
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Two hospitals to close after Pa. officials provided $40 million to help company find a buyer
Prospect Medical Holdings, which filed for bankruptcy in January, will shutter pair of Delaware County facilities.
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Opinion: I’m chronically ill, but can hold a job at Sheetz thanks to Medicaid. Cuts would put me at risk.
Beaver resident Carly Morton writes about how she relies on Medicaid to survive and work, and highlights the potentially devastating consequences of Republicans’ proposed cuts to Medicaid.
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Deal struck to keep Pa. hospital system open – for now
If a pair of its hospitals close, the state’s fifth most populous county would only have two left.
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One of Pa.’s most populated counties could be down to two hospitals soon
Reports surfaced Thursday that a Delaware County hospital system could close two hospitals.
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PA medicaid abortion exclusion deemed “presumptively unconstitutional”
Though access to abortion is still legal in Pennsylvania, it is highly restricted for Medicaid recipients, prompting several reproductive healthcare centers in the state to file suit against the Department of Public Health in an effort to increase accessibility for people of all economic backgrounds. Last week, several abortion providers, including the Allegheny Reproductive Health…
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Spine-zapping implant developed at Pitt helped 3 people with a muscle-wasting disease walk better
Recently, researchers reported what they called the first evidence that a spine-stimulating implant already being tested for paralysis might also aid neurodegenerative diseases like spinal muscle atrophy – by restoring some muscle function, at least temporarily.
