Health Care
BizFeed: Millennials Officially Rule the Workforce; CEO Pay is Out of Control
1. Millennials Become Largest Workforce in United States The News: Congrats millennials, we officially own the workforce. Millennials (ages 18-34) now make up the largest group of workers in […]
BizFeed: Another Hospital Exploring Merger; Navy Yard’s Sustainable Power Plan
1. Just Days after Abington and Jefferson Merger, Aria Health Exploring a Deal The News: Aria Health is the latest health system to explore a merger […]
Busy Day for Medicare and Medicaid Fraud
When it comes to Medicare and Medicaid fraud, the government isn’t just going after doctors and hospitals — it’s going after patients as well. Just […]
Jefferson, Abington Complete Mega-Merger
The merger between Jefferson and Abington Health is a done deal, creating a local health care behemoth with 19,000 employees, 3,370 physicians, 2,482 nurses and […]
Report: Health Care and Education Remain Philly’s Largest Employers
Philadelphia’s economic landscape is changing. Between the techies on N3RD Street, the slew of new restaurants and shops, and a booming real estate market, the city’s economy […]
Are Women Being Overmedicated?
Psychiatrist Julie Holland wrote in the New York Times this weekend about adjudicating the female mood, which ever since the publication of the feminist classic The […]
Pennsylvania Sued Over Health Care Changes
Earlier this week, Community Legal Services filed suit against the state of Pennsylvania over changes to health care beginning next year. Under the changes coming […]
Medicaid Glitch Jeopardizes Pa. Drug, Mental Health Treatment
A glitch in Medicaid is imperiling drug and mental health treatment for Medicaid users in the state. Currently, behavioral health providers — drug and alcohol, […]
Casey Backs Bill to Increase School Nurses
The same day that Philly schools opened with a shortage of nurses — and a week after the district was sued over a death blamed, […]
POLL: LGBT Americans Struggling to Afford Health Care
A new Gallup Poll suggests that people who identify as lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender are more likely to be uninsured than those who don’t […]
I’m HIV-Positive, and I Have No Interest in News About HIV Cures
Philadelphia is all atwitter currently with news out of Temple University that researchers there have gotten a step closer to a so-called cure for HIV. […]
Women Outraged Over Rittenhouse Doctor’s New Membership Fee
The Rittenhouse Women’s Wellness Center has been taking care of the medical needs of Center City women — and exclusively women — since its opening at 1632 […]
Turmoil Over Testosterone Study Leaves Doctors, Patients Dangling
The news was enough to make a testosterone induced manly man shrivel. It was late last year that JAMA, the Journal of the American Medical […]
When, if Ever, Should Parents Be Allowed to Let Their Children Die?
Two recent news stories have brought an important question into the public dialogue: How much power do parents have over the lives — and deaths […]
Corbett Asks Obama Admin to Approve Non-Obamacare Plan
Tom Corbett, in a final effort to push his alternative to the Affordable Care Act’s Medicaid expansion, will now ask the Obama administration to formally […]