PA uninsured children hit 153,000 as federal funding cuts loom
A new report shows Pennsylvania is seeing its highest number of uninsured children in a decade.
Dec
2025
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Medicaid
Nov
2025
12
Trump-friendly Fayette County could feel the pain of his Medicaid cuts, advocates say
Health experts say millions across the U.S. could soon face a loss of Medicaid coverage because of new hurdles created by the One Big Beautiful Bill, the massive tax package passed this year by congressional Republicans. And they predict the fallout of President Donald Trump's marquee bill will land particularly heavily on some of the very rural communities that put these GOP politicians in office.
Oct
2025
22
A new car vs. health insurance? Average family job-based coverage hits $27K
With the federal shutdown entering its fourth week, spurred by a stalemate over the cost of health insurance for 22 million Americans on Affordable Care Act plans, a new report shows that over 154 million people with coverage through an employer also face steep price hikes — and that the situation is likely to get worse.
Sep
2025
23
Fighting a health insurance denial? Here are 7 tips to help
To control costs, nearly all health insurers use a system called prior authorization, which requires patients or their providers to seek approval before they can get certain procedures, tests, and prescriptions.
Aug
2025
7
Medicaid patients treated at Crozer Health hospitals will have free access to medical records
The agreement will eliminate current per-record fees and is expected to go into effect soon.
Jul
2025
24
The scary reality of losing Medicaid and health care options for one Pennsylvania woman
“I just wish our leaders would see us—not as numbers, but as people with families, with dreams, with real health needs. Losing Medicaid isn’t just a policy change. For some of us, it’s everything.”
Jul
2025
17
Trump administration hands over Medicaid recipients’ personal data, including addresses, to ICE
Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials will be given access to the personal data of the nation’s 79 million Medicaid enrollees, including home addresses and ethnicities, to track down immigrants who may not be living legally in the United States, according to an agreement obtained by The Associated Press.
Jul
2025
10
200,000 Pennie customers may lose health care coverage thanks to Trump’s budget bill
Provisions in President Donald Trump’s Big Beautiful Bill may cost Pennsylvanians their health care through Pennie, the state’s official marketplace.
Jul
2025
9
Medicaid cuts would gut Pa.’s support system.
Pennsylvania resident Thomas Reilly is high-functioning autistic and relies on Medicaid for health insurance and other benefits, including the provision of a Direct Support Professional (DSP), John Deboard.
Deboard supports Thomas in daily life tasks, including grocery shopping, laundry, and going to the gym.
Thomas’ benefits could be at risk if President Trump’s budget bill is signed into law, and so could John’s job.
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Jun
2025
26
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.
