The Corbett administration and the Pennsylvania Medical Society (PAMED) have been hard at work with several initiatives aimed at tackling the state’s prescription drug abuse … Read More ›
Category: Advocacy
On May 1, 2014, Gov. Tom Corbett announced his decision to allow a research-based pilot of medical marijuana to treat children with severe seizures. The … Read More ›
Change is being ushered in with the New Year: The 2015-2016 session of Pennsylvania’s legislature is underway, and Tom Wolf was sworn in as Pennsylvania’s … Read More ›
On Aug. 11, 2015, Pennsylvania Physician General Rachel Levine, MD, spoke to the Pennsylvania Medical Society’s Specialty Leadership Cabinet (PAMED’s SLC) about the opioid abuse … Read More ›
L-R: Michael Fraser, PhD, CAE, executive vice president of PAMED; PAMED President Karen Rizzo, MD, Physician General Rachel Levine, MD; Secretary of Health Karen … Read More ›
The 2014-2015 state budget included a $1 million increase in the state’s Primary Health Care Practitioner Program. This funding — a more than 27 percent … Read More ›
Recently we’ve seen renewed media interest in some areas of the state—newspaper articles and television coverage—on the potential public health impact of oil and gas … Read More ›
The Medical Assistance for Workers’ with Disabilities (MAWD) program, which provides health coverage to more than 34,000 working Pennsylvanians with disabilities who don’t qualify for … Read More ›