How can you be healthy if you don’t get enough nutritious food to eat? Unfortunately, research by Map the Meal Gap shows that, in Pennsylvania, roughly one in eight adults and one in six children struggle to be able to afford enough food. Fortunately, we have public...
Gov. Tom Wolf announced his plan for a state budget this week. During the speech, he outlined spending priorities for issues ranging from education and infrastructure to the workforce and economic investment. The budget speech is the start of a traditionally long and...
Pennsylvania hospitals and health care professionals are using telemedicine services to save lives and keep patients healthy, but we need additional legislative action to protect consumers and expand access to that care. The Pennsylvania Senate passed a bill (Senate...
The concept of telemedicine use to seem like it was something out of the movies in the 1980s. No, this isn't the future. This is the present. On June 13, 2018, the Pennsylvania Senate unanimously passed Senate Bill 780 to expand telemedicine across the commonwealth....
Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf knows the benefits telemedicine can bring to thousands of Pennsylvanians living in rural communities. He recently announced he would provide $35 million to providers to expand high-speed internet access to communities in the state with...
It’s been a significant year for Pennsylvania’s health care field, with changes in policy from opioid awareness to diabetes medical care access. Take a look at some of the biggest changes, and how they affect you and your family. June: Sweet Tooth Substitutes...
How the recent mental health services bill could impact you and your family. In July, the House of Representatives passed legislation on mental health services—a move that’s being hailed as “the first effort by lawmakers to specifically tackle federal policies on...