The U.S. Senate is set to vote on former PA Health Secretary Rachel Levine’s nomination to U.S. Assistant Secretary of Health. Before Levine is promoted, The Editors at Broad + Liberty have five questions on her record in Pennsylvania that deserve to be answered.
By The Editors
Mark Galvin: One enraging reason why health care costs are killing us
The nation’s 6,000 or so hospitals must reveal the confidential prices they have been charging because of the new Hospital Price Transparency Rule.
By Mark Galvin
“We are failing” — frustrated Dem lawmakers propose forcing DOH to change vaccine policies
Democratic lawmakers frustrated with Pennsylvania’s Covid vaccine distribution have proposed legislation to change the process, indicating a dispute with the Wolf administration.
By Todd Shepherd
Ben Mannes: The great Covid shakedown
Did the city’s overreaching Covid response kill the Philly restaurant scene?
By Ben Mannes
Docs reveal Montco’s fear over state’s failed Covid performance
Newly revealed emails and documents show that local public health leaders consistently implored Dr. Levine to bolster support for nursing homes amid Covid’s decimation of the elderly.
By Todd Shepherd
Guy Ciarrocchi: Haphazard Covid vaccine distribution reveals enormous national trust deficit
The long-term damage from Covid may not only be scores of deaths and economic and psychological turmoil. The Covid era may also be a breaking point for our nation’s ability to trust.
By Guy Ciarrocchi
Report — Delco nursing home has highest number of COVID-19 deaths in the nation
As nursing homes brace for a formidable winter, new data indicates that PA residents of such long-term care facilities have often fared the worst amidst the pandemic.
By Todd Shepherd
George Hofmann: Making sense of the fight over face masks
Mask-wearing supports, not contradicts, the principles of individual liberty as we all should feel obligated to do our part in curbing this escalating pandemic.
By George Hofmann
George Hofmann: Holiday shutdown restrictions are an assault on American values — and our mental health is the collateral damage
The latest wave of lockdowns in PA, aimed primarily at Thanksgiving and the holiday season, will only further isolate those feeling the most isolated and deteriorate residents’ mental health.
By George Hofmann
George Hofmann: Walter Wallace Jr.’s death exposes the forgotten conversation on policing and mental health, not race
A writer living with bipolar disorder argues that the tragic news of Mr. Wallace’s death should spur the government to reform the ways in which we deal with mental health crises.
By George Hofmann