ORegion VIII Health Policy States Watch
Region VIII: Delaware, Pennsylvania, West Virginia
Delaware

Pennsylvania
(3/12/09)  Rendell Announces Initiative Helping Lower-Income Pennsylvanians Get Health Insurance
(2/2/09)  More Than One Million Pennsylvanians Uninsured, Survey Finds
(1/23/09)  Pennsylvania's Blue Cross Insurers Withdraw Merger Plan
(12/22/08)  Pennsylvania Law To End Mandatory Overtime for Some Health Care Workers
(12/15/08)  Pennsylvania Hospitals Suing State for Malpractice Surplus Funds
(11/26/08)  Pennsylvania Report Finds Number, Margins of Ambulatory Surgery Centers Increased in
State
(11/21/08)  Pennsylvania Gov. Rendell Extends Health Care Cost Containment Council Set To Expire
Nov. 30
(11/14/08)  Kaiser Daily Health Policy Report Highlights News About State Budgets
(11/13/08)  Kaiser Daily Health Policy Report Highlights Health Care Proposals in Six States
(10/14/08) Pennsylvania Legislature Passes Bill To Limit Mandatory Overtime for Nurses, Health Care
Workers
(10/10/08)  Pennsylvania Proposal To Extend Coverage for Uninsured Fails
(10/8/08)  Pennsylvania Governor Urges Support for Health Care Expansion Proposal
(10/3/08)  Pennsylvania Governor Revises Health Insurance Expansion Proposal
(9/19/08)  Pennsylvania, New Jersey Release Hospital Quality Performance Reports
(9/18/08)  Pennsylvania Physicians Concerned About Renewal of Medical Malpractice Insurance Subsidy
Program
(9/16/08) Some New Jersey, Pennsylvania Hospitals Not Reporting Errors as Laws Require
(9/15/08) Competition Between Two Pennsylvania Blue Cross Insurers Would Improve Market for
Consumers, Report Finds
(9/12/08) Negotiations To Expand Pennsylvania Health Coverage Progressing, Gov. Rendell Says
(7/25/08) Pennsylvania Gov. Rendell Law Requiring Private Health Insurers To Cover Treatment for
Autism
(7/10/08) Pennsylvania Gov. Rendell Reinstates State Health Care Cost Containment Council
(7/3/08) Pennsylvania Health Care Cost Containment Council Employees Let Go After Program
Authorization Lapses
(6/24/08) Pennsylvania Gov. Rendell Says State Could Save $95M Annually By Purchasing Medicaid Drugs
(6/17/08) Pennsylvania Lawmakers Have Until June 30 To Reauthorize Health Care Cost Containment
Council
(6/13/08) Pennsylvania Hospitals' Uncompensated Care Costs Increased 12.2% in FY 2007, Report Finds
(6/12/08) Pennsylvania Senate Republicans Unveil Health Care Proposal

West Virginia
(1/14/09)  West Virginia Seeks To Increase Medicaid Reimbursement Rates For Dentists
(11/13/08)  Kaiser Daily Health Policy Report Highlights Health Care Proposals in Six States
(9/8/08)  West Virginia Relaxes Proposed Rules for Dispensing Drugs at No-Cost Clinic Pharmacies
(8/29/08)  Kaiser Daily Health Policy Report Highlights Recent News About Medical Malpractice in Three
States (NY, WV, WI)
(7/21/08) West Virginia Prescription Drug Program Showing Growth, Success Within First Three Months
(7/16/08) More than 11,000 West Virginia Medicaid Beneficiaries Enroll in 'Enhanced' Benefits Plan, Sign
Pledge To Adopt Healthier Lifestyles
(6/16) Coalition Calls for End of Redesigned Medicaid Program in West Virginia
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