Starting Jan. 1, 2026, Pennsylvania will limit GLP‑1 weight‑loss drugs under Medicaid — threatening access for thousands of ...

HARRISBURG — Pennsylvania’s state budget fight this year will largely be dictated by the rising cost of caring for an aging and sicker population — totaling $2.5 billion in increases to the state’s ...

Pennsylvania has quietly moved to limit access next year to popular weight-loss drugs like Ozempic and Wegovy for residents ...

Bills on diagnostic breast cancer testing, GLP-1 medications, lead paint and breastfeeding were signed into law.

Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Corbett plans to accept federal funding to carry out a variation on the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act’s Medicaid expansion plan, sources close to the governor have ...

The continuing growth in states’ Medicaid programs has placed a severe financial strain on state budgets. In fiscal year 2024, Medicaid was the largest category of total state spending, consuming 29.8 ...

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HHS has approved Pennsylvania’s plan to use federal Medicaid expansion funding to launch Healthy Pennsylvania, a program that will promote affordable care and increase access to care for the uninsured ...

Providers who care for disabled and aging Pennsylvanians are bracing for potential federal Medicaid cuts they say could push chronically underfunded services past the brink. Advocates representing ...

Four Southwestern Pennsylvania nursing homes could be in trouble after approval of the federal spending plan described by President Donald Trump as the “One Big... Zach Shamberg fears federal Medicaid ...