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Critics say ‘junk plans’ are being pushed on ACA exchanges

Critics say ‘junk plans’ are being pushed on ACA exchanges

Allison Hoffman of the Law School spoke about short-term health insurance plans that are less comprehensive than those approved by the Affordable Care Act and are paid for without government subsidies. “For most of the people buying on the exchanges, this would be worse than what they’ve been buying, especially because the majority of people who buy on exchanges get help with their premiums,” she said.

As a nursing innovator, Therese Richmond thinks beyond hospital walls
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Andrea B. Laporte Professor of Nursing and Associate Dean for Research & Innovation.

As a nursing innovator, Therese Richmond thinks beyond hospital walls

During a four-decade career, Penn Nursing’s associate dean for research and innovation has tackled topics like gun violence by accounting for her patients’ environment in their long-term recovery.

Michele W. Berger

Pairing science with ethics to save lives
Moreno and AG on stage

Pairing science with ethics to save lives

Penn President Amy Gutmann and Penn Integrates Knowledge Professor Jonathan Moreno discussed their new book “Everybody Wants to Go to Heaven But Nobody Wants to Die” at a Free Library of Philadelphia book talk Monday.

Lauren Hertzler

Gutmann and Moreno talk bioethics, health care in new book
penn president amy gutmann and jonathan moreno

Gutmann and Moreno talk bioethics, health care in new book

The University’s president, a political philosopher, teamed up with a Penn Integrates Knowledge professor to write “Everybody Wants to Go to Heaven but Nobody Wants to Die.”

Lauren Hertzler

The ethical mess of our healthcare system

The ethical mess of our healthcare system

President Amy Gutmann and PIK Professor Jonathan Moreno authored an op-ed about the U.S. health care system. “By revising and reinforcing the A.C.A.,” they wrote, “we can benefit all Americans without threatening any with the loss of hard-fought, lifesaving health coverage. Surely our fellow Americans with life-threatening diseases of all sorts are also worth saving.”

How the Democratic position on health care has moved to the left

How the Democratic position on health care has moved to the left

PIK Professor Ezekiel Emanuel discussed the improved political viability of a public option in the U.S. health care system. “I think both Republican and Democratic voters recognize that they want to have security, and a public option does communicate that security to them,” he said.

Why are U.S. hospitals closing?
Front facade of Hahnemann Hospital with large murals of patients standing and sitting and in wheelchairs and a toddler.

Hahnemann Hospital in Philadelphia is scheduled to close in early September.

Why are U.S. hospitals closing?

Wharton’s Lawton Burns discusses the closure of Philadelphia’s Hahnemann University Hospital and the trend of medical facilities shuttering nationwide.

Penn Today Staff

The ACA battle is heating up
assemblage of pills in shape of gavel symbolizing health care via the affordable care act on trial.

The ACA battle is heating up

The Affordable Care Act is once again under threat, along with health insurance coverage for at least 20 million Americans, as a federal appeals court weighs on its constitutionality.

Penn Today Staff