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• Pennsylvania GOP Governor Agrees to Expand Medicaid with Added Requirements
• Sep. 17, 2013
• His proposal would allow new Medicaid recipients to purchase private health insurance, but also would place new requirements on many of the more than one million current adult Medicaid enrollees, including a monthly premium and a job-search mandate.

• Pennsylvania Denying Nearly 80% of Welfare Applicants Under New Rules
• Sep. 16, 2013
• The state of Pennsylvania has denied as many as eight of every 10 applications for cash welfare in 2013, a major increase over previous years, an Inquirer review of Department of Public Welfare figures shows. It's a pattern being repeated in 17 other states.

• State Records Show Little Need for Texas' New Abortion Law
• Sep. 16, 2013
• In their successful push this summer for strict new regulations on abortion facilities and the doctors performing them, proponents of the legislation said it was needed because conditions at existing facilities made it unsafe for women seeking to terminate pregnancies.

• If Elected Virginia Governor, McAuliffe Faces Obamacare Showdown
• Sep. 16, 2013
• Terry McAuliffe has made Medicaid expansion central to his bid for governor, saying it would provide health insurance to 400,000 needy Virginians, create thousands of jobs and provide the state with a $2 billion a year windfall.

• NC Leads Nation in Reducing Antipsychotics in Nursing Homes
• Sep. 13, 2013
• Statistics from a collaborative effort to reduce the use of antipsychotic drugs to control troublesome behavior by people with dementia in nursing homes shows that North Carolina led the nation in achieving reductions.

• Aides: Pennsylvania Governor Reviewing Options for Medicaid Reform, Not Expansion
• Sep. 13, 2013
• Denying reports that he has agreed to Medicaid expansion under Obamacare, aides to Gov. Tom Corbett said on Thursday he is reviewing options for Medicaid reform that he will outline next week.

• AFL-CIO Calls for Changes to Obamacare
• Sep. 12, 2013
• The AFL-CIO is asking for changes to the Affordable Care Act, President Barack Obama’s landmark health-care overhaul, potentially opening fissures between the White House and one of its staunch political allies

• Where the Undecided States Stand on Medicaid Expansion
• Sep. 12, 2013
• Obamacare sign-up starts less than a month but a few states are still answering a basic question: Are they in, or are they out of the law’s massive expansion of Medicaid?

• Christie Eases Sick Children's Access to Medical Marijuana
• Sep. 11, 2013
• New Jersey Gov. Christie had vetoed an earlier version, asking lawmakers to remove a paragraph that would have eliminated requirements placed on minors that were not also imposed on adults.

• Commentary
• Welfare's Not a Work Issue, It's a Wage Issue
• Sep. 10, 2013
• A new conservative report claims welfare benefits disincentivizes people to work. Federal data, however, suggests that's not the case.

• In Hawaii, Businesses Like Longtime Employer Health Insurance Mandate
• Sep. 9, 2013
• Unlike its 49 counterparts, Hawaii has been living with a strict employer mandate for nearly 40 years.

• Troubled Group Homes Go Unregulated in Florida
• Sep. 9, 2013
• Hundreds of congregate living facilities across Florida escape any state scrutiny because no agency regulates them.

• After Signing of New Law, Some Texas Abortion Clinics Prepare to Shut Down
• Sep. 6, 2013
• At least four abortion clinics in rural Texas and possibly three more are preparing to close, hobbled by a state law that requires the clinics to meet tougher medical standards.

• Bill Clinton Urges States to Fix Obamacare's Biggest Problems
• Sep. 5, 2013
• Former President Bill Clinton Wednesday championed the new Affordable Care Act, but urged Congress and the states to fix its worst problems.

• Albuquerque Could Be 1st U.S. City to Ban Abortions After 20 Weeks
• Sep. 5, 2013
• Albuquerque has become the latest flash point in the abortion wars, with Operation Rescue, the militant group based in Kansas, calling it the “late-term abortion capital of the country.”