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The mental health of mothers in the U.S. is declining, according to a new seven-year study of self-reported physical and mental health released by JAMA Internal Medicine. 

Pennsylvania is on the verge of fully implementing its vision for a multistate health care workforce.

The U.S. Senate Finance Committee’s proposed changes to federal budget reconciliation legislation would slash funding to stabilize Pennsylvania’s struggling rural hospitals, undermining recent initiatives by state leaders to protect health care access in rural communities.

Sweeping Medicaid cuts proposed by the U.S. Senate Finance Committee would cost Pennsylvania 94,800 more jobs and $12.8 billion more in lost economic impact over the next decade than budget reconciliation legislation passed by the U.S. House.

HAP President and CEO Nicole Stallings released the following statement about the U.S. Senate Finance Committee’s budget reconciliation legislation.

The House Health Committee today advanced HAP-supported legislation to require Medicaid coverage for home-use blood pressure monitors on a per-pregnancy basis.

Pennsylvania would lose hundreds of thousands of jobs and tens of billions in economic impact if Congress enacts sweeping cuts to Medicaid spending, an analysis by the American Hospital Association found.

The state House today passed legislation to increase the Pennsylvania attorney general’s oversight of health care-related transactions involving for-profit and investor-owned entities.

The tug of war between potential cost savings via cuts and preserving Medicaid reveal ramifications to maternal health. A new report by The Commonwealth Fund finds that cuts would erode maternal health access, quality, and equity and leave providers at risk of closure.

HAP and the Pennsylvania Provider Advocacy Coalition (PAPAC) convened a Medicaid briefing on Wednesday for staff and lawmakers from over 40 legislative offices, reflecting bipartisan interest in Medicaid's critical role within Pennsylvania's health care system.