Many more Pennsylvania children will have access to health care thanks to a reauthorization and expansion of the state’s Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP). Governor Tom Corbett signed the bill, the first piece of legislation associated with his Healthy Pennsylvania plan, on T

From the AD Times As the Pennsylvania Catholic Health Association (PCHA) celebrates its 50th anniversary, the community benefit of Catholic health care – such as uncompensated care, care provided in the public interest and other outreach – is thriving in the Diocese of Allentown. Two

From the AD Times –  For half a century the Pennsylvania Catholic Health Association (PCHA) has been benefiting the people of Pennsylvania. Closer to home, Catholic Senior Housing and Health Care Services, Inc. (CSHHCS) is in the midst of celebrating its golden anniversary in th

For 50 years, the Pennsylvania Catholic Health Association (PCHA) has defended conscience rights for individuals and Catholic health care institutions. Among PCHA’s achievements are its contribution to the passage of the Pennsylvania Religious Freedom Protection Act and prevention of

This article appears in the Spring 2013 issue of PCC’s Viewpoint newsletter. Catholic health care has been part of the Pennsylvania landscape since the first religious sisters bravely traveled to the New World to aid sick and vulnerable colonists in Philadelphia. With faith and

On June 18, the Pennsylvania House of Representatives unanimously passed HR 367 in honor of the 50th anniversary of the Pennsylvania Catholic Health Association. HR 367, sponsored by Representative Gene DiGirolamo (Bucks County), reads in part, “The Pennsylvania Catholic Health

June is budget season at the state Capitol. Lawmakers have a constitutional deadline of June 30 to pass a spending plan for the upcoming fiscal year. The Pennsylvania Catholic Conference (PCC) and the Pennsylvania Catholic Health Association (PCHA) track many elements of the budget de

On June 12, Sr. Clare Christi Schiefer, President of the PA Catholic Health Association, wrote to members of the PA Senate in support of extending the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP): “Pennsylvania’s children deserve to lead healthy, successful lives. Insurance

The Pennsylvania Catholic Health Association has received a blessing from Pope Francis to mark its 50th anniversary year. It reads “His Holiness Francis cordially imparts the requested Apostolic Blessing to Sister Clare Christi Schiefer, OSF, President, and the Pennsylvania Cath

Governor Tom Corbett has recognized the 50th anniversary of the Pennsylvania Catholic Health Association (PCHA). In a letter sent to PCHA president Sister Clare Christi Schiefer, O.S.F., Governor Corbett wrote, ” Five decades of success is certainly a testament to this organizat