Medicaid

Trump Drug Prices

Trump promised cheaper drugs. Some prices dropped. Many others shot up

Pa. court strikes down state ban on using Medicaid for abortions

Pennsylvania Abortion Medicaid

Health Insurance

States face another challenge with Medicaid work rules: staffing shortages

Medicaid Staffing Shortages

Children's Health

More kids are in ERs for tooth pain. Trump cuts and RFK Jr.'s anti-fluoride fight aren't helping

Tooth Pain ERs

Health Insurance

It's 2026 and you lack health insurance. Now what?

Health Insurance Form

Philly woman sentenced to prison for role in Medicaid fraud scheme totaling $1.76 million

Montco Medicaid fraud

City Council plans to address a range of issues this fall – from utility costs to affordable housing

city council fall 2025

Fearing Medicaid coverage loss, some parents rush to vaccinate their kids

In rush to satisfy Trump, GOP delivers blow to health industry

Trump's domestic policy bill to cut SNAP benefits to 42,000 Philadelphia residents

Philly journalist pleads guilty to role in prescription fraud scheme at Broad Street Family Pharmacy

Philly Pharmacy Fraud

Trump eliminates HHS office that sets poverty levels tied to benefits for 80 million people

Health Insurance

Pa.'s Medicaid program now covers biomarker tests that lead to personalized cancer treatments

biomarker tests medicaid

Couple who ran South Philly pharmacy charged in $20 million Medicare, Medicaid scheme

Philly Pharmacy Fraud

Health Insurance

Obesity drugs would be covered by Medicare and Medicaid under Biden administration proposal

Mehmet Oz picked by Donald Trump to head Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services

Trump's White House return poised to tangle health care safety net

Why COVID-19 patients who could most benefit from Paxlovid still aren't getting it

Health Insurance

If you're poor, fertility treatment can be out of reach

Pregnancy Test Fertility

Philly pharmacy will pay $4.6 million to resolve fraud investigations

Pennmark Pharmacy Fraud

Philly pharmacist pleads guilty to billing over $500,000 in fake prescriptions

Health Insurance

At least 137,000 Pennsylvanians have lost Medicaid coverage since post-pandemic rules took effect

Pennsylvania Medicaid Cuts

All Pa. Medicaid recipients are due for renewal, but applications have been sparse

medicaid renewals pennsylvania

Health Insurance

Stopping the churn: Why some states want to guarantee Medicaid coverage from birth to age 6

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Health Insurance

IBX offers Medicare Advantage members new help enrolling in financial assistance programs

IBX Uno Health

Health Insurance

Medicaid eligibility rules affect cancer survival, analysis suggests

Medicaid cancer survival

Why your dentist might seem pushy

Dishonest Dentists

New Jersey budget proposal includes millionaires tax, baby bonds and spending cuts

New Jersey budget proposal

Health Insurance

If you've lost your health plan in the COVID crisis, you've got options

Health Insurance COVID-19

Health Insurance

Coronavirus crisis leaves many people staring at high COBRA insurance costs

employer sponsored health insurance

Philadelphia is home to six of the worst nursing homes in the U.S.

Worst nursing homes Philadelphia

People are less likely to die of heart disease in states that expanded Medicaid, Penn Medicine study finds

TV ads for prescription drug must now include prices

In 10 years, half of middle-income elders won’t be able to afford housing, medical care

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Health Insurance

Medicaid work requirements: Where do they stand after the blue wave?

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Health Insurance

The votes have been counted, the results are (mostly) in: What’s next for health care?

Philly behavioral health worker pleads guilty in $211,000 Medicaid fraud

Judge Gavel Court Stock Photo

Medicaid is rural America’s financial midwife

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Bucks County dentist charged in alleged $1.5 million Medicaid fraud

Bucks Dentist

Chasing millions in Medicaid dollars, hospitals buy up nursing homes

Counting on Medicaid to avoid life in a nursing home? That’s now up to Congress

Protesters celebrate July 4 with a 'Healthcare BBQ' outside Toomey's office

toomey protest

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