Health Care

It was just the House in session this past week in Harrisburg, but it was an eventful two days of activity.  Democratic leadership pulled a procedural move to bury a bill that would prevent biological males from playing female sports in PA. Plus, there was extensive debate–mostl

Democrats in the PA House are planning on running a full slate of abortion bills on the House floor on Tuesday. We have joined other pro-life groups in a campaign to call on residents to reach out to their PA state representative to tell them to oppose these measures.  Here is a link

At a PA House Health Committee meeting on Wednesday, Democrats passed a bill that would once again change committees for a bill to prevent transgenders from playing girls sports in Pennsylvania. The move serves to delay any vote that would put lawmakers on record for their stance agai

There was a lot going on this week at the PA Capitol and work continues to try to get a budget in place by the Sunday deadline. Here are some highlights from the week as posted on our Facebook page. https://www.facebook.com/share/v/1aqPW3tYtMySPUcY/?mibextid=WC7FNe https://www.faceboo

Two years ago we spent time talking about the issues facing mothers and children during our nine-month series on Maternal & Early Childhood Issues. Part of that focus was on the work done by doulas, particularly by Amy Wilt and her group at Dauphin County Doulas. Since then, doula

The PA House Health Committee today unanimously passed Senate Bill 500, which calls for Medicaid coverage of human donor milk. The milk is vitally important for many newborns suffering from health issues. The PCC supports this issue. It has already passed the Senate and just needs app

Time for an update on doulas, a topic we addressed last year in our 9-month long series on Maternal & Early Childhood Issues. Today we talk again with our doula expert Amy Wilt and check on legislation that has been proposed in Harrisburg to have insurance cover doula services. pi

PA Sen. Judy Schwank has worked very hard on the issue of maternal mortality. Here she talks about her bill to address the problem. The PCC supports this bill and thanks Sen. Schwank for her work on this and a number of other issues to help mothers and newborns. IMG_4215 Got the chanc

July 18th We continue our look at Early Childhood Screenings by talking with Kris Bowman of Ramsey Educational and Development Institute, or REDI. They administer the PA Early Intervention Program in Montgomery County. https://twitter.com/PAcatholic/status/1549094658478903299?s=20&