What Pa.’s $50.1 Billion Budget Does for Rural Hospitals, Communities

What Pa.’s $50.1 Billion Budget Does for Rural Hospitals, Communities

BELLEFONTE — As federal Medicaid cuts loomed over Pennsylvania’s rural hospitals, health advocates focused on safeguarding funding for these already strained facilities and programs that help keep their doors open during this year’s state budget talks. By Marley Parish of Spotlight PA State College The $50.1 billion state budget — passed by the legislature and signed by Democratic Gov. Josh Shapiro after a four-month impasse — maintains support …

What Pa.’s $50.1 Billion Budget Does for Rural Hospitals, Communities

This story was produced by the State College regional bureau of Spotlight PA, an independent, nonpartisan newsroom dedicated to investigative and public-service journalism for Pennsylvania. Sign up for Talk of the Town, a daily newsletter of local stories that dig deep, events, and more from north-central PA, at spotlightpa.org/newsletters/talkofthetown. BELLEFONTE — As federal Medicaid cuts loomed over Pennsylvania’s rural hospitals, health adv…