Category Archives: Health Care

Talking Women & Healthcare at Tuesdays with Toomey

Posted on August 8, 2017 by womenslawproject

This morning, we were happy to once again join Tuesdays with Toomey, the grassroots advocacy group devoted to motivating Pennsylvanians to speak out on important issues while attempting to hold Sen. Pat Toomey accountable to his constituents. Every Tuesday, Pennsylvanians … Continue reading →

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Judge Upholds Pittsburgh Buffer Zone in First Federal Ruling Since McCullen

Posted on March 9, 2015 by womenslawproject

A federal judge has upheld the constitutionality of a 15-foot buffer zone ordinance that protects health care facilities in Pittsburgh. The decision is the first federal ruling on the constitutionality of a clinic buffer zone since McCullen v. Coakley, the … Continue reading →

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Bad Bills Alert: Dangerous Legislation on the Horizon in Pennsylvania

Posted on January 30, 2015 by womenslawproject

Pennsylvania already has several laws on the books that enable physicians and other healthcare employees to refuse to provide certain health care services they find personally objectionable. Such provisions are found within the Religious Freedom Protection Act, the Human Relations … Continue reading →

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Federal Lawsuit Targets DHS For Illegally Delaying Health Coverage for 85,000 Pennsylvania Women

Posted on January 13, 2015 by womenslawproject

Women qualified for full coverage on January 1 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE (1/13/2015) Today, two women’s health organizations and a private citizen filed a federal class action claiming that the Pennsylvania Department of Human Services (DHS) is unlawfully delaying the enrollment … Continue reading →

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Special November-December Wrap Up!

Posted on December 30, 2014 by womenslawproject

By Tara Murtha, WLP Staff Welcome to a special end-of-the-year, double-month wrap-up. It’s been a bit, but hmm, what happened in November? Oh, right: Pennsylvanians broke from a sixty-year state history and national trend to elect a new governor into … Continue reading →

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Class Action Lawsuit Filed over Pennsylvania Medicaid Cuts

Posted on December 29, 2014 by womenslawproject

By Tara Murtha, WLP Staff Two big problems with Pennsylvania Medicaid emerged yesterday [December 22]. The problems aren’t with Medicaid per se, but with the chaos-riddled transition from traditional Medicaid to Governor Corbett’s controversial, non-expansion alternative. To further complicate matters, … Continue reading →

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Doctors Aren’t Dummies: Support the Patient Trust Act

Posted on September 16, 2014 by womenslawproject

By Kate Michelman, WomenVote PA and Susan Frietsche, WLP Senior Staff Attorney Doctors aren’t dummies. They don’t need politicians to tell them what they can and can’t say to patients, or how to administer tests and treatments. On September 8, … Continue reading →

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Let’s Leave Politics Behind for the Sake of Healthcare

Posted on July 7, 2014 by womenslawproject

By Kate Michelman and Carol E. Tracy Pennsylvania is facing a 1.3 billion deficit and the annual state budget is due June 30. The obvious solution is to expand Medicaid, but some Pennsylvania legislators won’t consider it. When Governor Corbett … Continue reading →

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Pregnant Workers Have More Rights in New Jersey Than in Pennsylvania

Posted on January 22, 2014 by womenslawproject

By Amal Bass, WLP Staff Attorney On Tuesday, January 21, 2014, New Jersey Governor Chris Christie signed into law a bill that expands the anti-discrimination and anti-retaliation protections of New Jersey’s Law Against Discrimination (NJLAD). The NJLAD will now require … Continue reading →

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The Corbett Administration’s Unhealthy Pennsylvania Proposal

Posted on January 21, 2014 by womenslawproject

By Amal Bass, WLP Staff Attorney Instead of expanding Medicaid under the Affordable Care Act, as all of Pennsylvania’s neighboring states have done, the Corbett Administration has proposed a different plan in its Healthy Pennsylvania 1115 Application (“Healthy Pennsylvania Proposal), … Continue reading →

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