News
A bill is moving forward to support low-income Philadelphia residents on the verge of eviction with legal council.
Health in all policies reminds us that stable housing is just as crucial to good health as many other factors. Exciting momentum here!
Yesterday, City Council in Philadelphia passed legislation to create new labor protections for domestic workers, proposing a bill of rights and required contracts.
Nine other states including NY and CA have passed similar legislation, if implemented in PA, this could be very impactful.
- PA announces new effort with join support from DHS and Medicaid Managed Care Organizations to provide expanded home visit support to new mothers and children with special needs.
- A recent study by the Pennsylvania Health Care Cost Containment Council found that PA residents spent over 1 million days in the hospital for treatment of a mental disorder in 2018.
- PA secretary of health would like for a public health emergency to be declared in order to take action on the vaping problem.
- New research has found that Pennsylvania retiree health care is severely underfunded.