Rural Health Transformation Program

Big changes are coming to Medicaid in 2027, set in stone by the One Big Beautiful Bill Act. Anyone who’s signed up for Medicaid knows it’s confusing, so WVIA Healthcare Reporter Lydia McFarlane has been working to explain some of those changes.

Federal Medicaid changes go into effect on Jan. 1, 2027. Pennsylvania is preparing its recipients for the changes to come while also updating its own reporting system for the joint federal and state health insurance program.

On the 61st anniversary of Medicaid and Medicare, Pennsylvania Health Access Network hosted a webinar to address the successes of both programs while sounding the alarm on changes to come next year as a result of President Trump’s One Big Beautiful Bill Act.

The ‘Healthy Moms, Vibrant Futures’ maternal health strategic action plan, launched by the Shapiro Administration, aims to reduce maternal mortality and morbidity supported by community input and a five-year grant.

Pennsylvania received $193 million this year from the federal government’s Rural Health Transformation Program - but state health leaders worry that money won’t be enough to fill the financial gaps rural health systems already face. This week, WVIA's Sarah Scinto and healthcare reporter Lydia McFarlane discuss what leaders think Pennsylvania needs and what the state is doing with the money it’s getting.

MCTA, popularly known as the "Pocono Pony," recently broke ground on its new $32 million Wayne P. Mazur Sr. Bus Depot. Named for one of the agency's founding board members, the 44,000-square-foot bus depot in Swiftwater will mark the largest expansion in Pocono Pony’s 47-year history, officials said.

Pennsylvania received $193 million this year from the Rural Health Transformation Program. But the state’s rural health leaders worry that the money isn’t enough.

Pennsylvania received $193 million this year from the Rural Health Transformation Program, which will inject $50 billion over five years to the states. But the state’s rural health leaders worry that the money won’t be enough to fill the financial gaps rural health systems already face and the ones to come with Medicaid changes slated to start in 2027.