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WebPa. could wipe out up to $400M in medical debt under proposal from Gov. Josh Shapiro. by Stephen Caruso of Spotlight PA. Gov. Josh Shapiro’s budget calls for …

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PA struggles to reassess Medicaid coverage · Spotlight PA

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Pa. lawmakers know a dementia care crisis is coming. Will …

WebIn Pennsylvania, Democratic lawmakers said efforts to address the state’s looming dementia care crisis could also be funded by a rare state budget surplus buoyed …

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Chronically ill patients could get easier access to new …

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Pa.’s looming dementia care crisis, by the numbers

WebNeed gaps. 21,290: The increase in the number of Pennsylvania Medicaid and Medicare recipients with Alzheimer’s disease or a related dementia disorder seen between 2015 …

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The coming crisis in dementia care and why Pa. is …

WebBY THE NUMBERS. $3.7 billion spent annually through Pennsylvania’s Medicaid program for Alzheimer’s care costs. 622 million hours of unpaid care — valued …

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Is medical marijuana effective for anxiety disorders

WebAnxiety ranked far ahead of chronic pain, post-traumatic stress disorder, and other conditions. Recently released data from the Pennsylvania Department of Health …

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Scoring Pennsylvania’s response to the growing …

WebFrom the 2014 State Plan for Alzheimer’s Disease and Related Disorders:. Goal: Design and conduct a survey to learn more about “prevalence and demographic …

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Local PA fixes to prevent trapping mentally ill in jail

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What living in a PA environmental justice area means

WebRoughly 2.3 million people live in one of these areas under the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection’s revision of the 20-year-old environmental …

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PA budget proposal could uplift rural communities

WebThe $48.3 billion spending plan unveiled by Democratic Gov. Josh Shapiro earlier this month earmarks funding for multiple sectors important to rural areas. With …

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Court victory leads to new medical marijuana research

WebSpotlight PA court victory leads to new academic research into Pa. medical marijuana program. In February 2023, the Pennsylvania Department of Health shared …

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Pa. medical marijuana doctor oversight questioned · Spotlight PA

WebHARRISBURG — During a recent budget hearing, a Republican lawmaker questioned how the Department of Health uses data to provide oversight of doctors in …

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Pennsylvania medical marijuana cards: See the data

WebThe data — anonymized records of more than 1 million medical marijuana certifications in the state — was the basis of a Spotlight PA investigation earlier this year, …

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Some medical debt would be wiped out under Shapiro budget

WebRIP Medical Debt estimates that there is potentially $3.3 billion of qualifying medical debt belonging to 1.4 million people held by commonwealth health care …

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Court orders release of Pa. medical marijuana data · Spotlight PA

WebThe latest action follows a 2022 court decision ordering the health department to release aggregate data showing the reasons why hundreds of thousands …

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Oversight of PA marijuana card approvals under scrutiny

WebLaura Mentch, director of the state’s Office of Medical Marijuana, acknowledged there was “controversy” over the quality of those consultations. Col. …

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Pennsylvania sues to keep medical marijuana data secret

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