Physicians in Pennsylvania are concerned that the state's Medical Care Availability and Reduction of Error fund, which provides doctors with subsidies for malpractice insurance, could expire this year as lawmakers debate changes to the state's health care system.

Pennsylvania health care providers and consumers would benefit more if insurers Independence Blue Cross and Highmark Blue Cross Blue Shield remained competitors rather than collaborators.

Pennsylvania Governor told reporters that talks with Republican state senators are moving along and could result in compromise legislation to cover hundreds of thousands of uninsured state residents.

Pennsylvania Gov. Ed Rendell (D) has signed legislation requiring coverage for autism be included in all health insurance policies sold within the state.

Gov. Ed Rendell signed an executive order reopening the Pennsylvania Health Care Cost Containment Council one week after it was closed due to budgetary constraints, the Philadelphia Inquirer reports.

In a historical and unprecedented move, the Pennsylvania legislature voted nearly unanimously in the affirmative for House Bill 1150 to mandate commercial insurance companies to cover some services for children with autism.