Source: US State of Pennsylvania
May 21, 2025 – Reading, PA
ADVISORY – READING – Shapiro Administration to Highlight Women’s Health Month, Launch Survey to Help Administration Better Understand Barriers to Women’s Health Care
The Pennsylvania Insurance Department (PID), along with the Department of Health (DOH), the Department of Human Services (DHS), and the Department of Drug and Alcohol Programs (DDAP), will highlight Women’s Health Month by reminding Pennsylvania women about the importance of no-cost preventative health services available through their insurance. PID will also launch a new survey to help the Department better understand barriers to women’s health coverage.
Since taking office, Governor Josh Shapiro has prioritized addressing maternal and women’s health. That’s why the Governor’s 2025-2026 budget proposal includes $5 million to fund maternal health initiatives including universal postpartum screenings. In the 2023-24 budget, the Governor worked to secure the first-ever investment in addressing maternal mortality with $2.3 million to expand maternal health programming and for the implementation of prevention strategies to reduce maternal mortality and morbidity. Governor Shapiro built on that success by securing a $2.6 million increase in the 2024-25 budget for maternal mortality prevention, managed through the Department of Health.
WHO:
Pennsylvania Insurance Commissioner Michael Humphreys
Tara Trego, DOH Director, Bureau of Family Health
Sally Kozak, DHS Deputy Secretary, Office of Medical Assistance Programs
Kelly Primus, DDAP Deputy Secretary
Ashley Walkowiak, Executive Director, Advisory Commission on Women
WHEN:
Wednesday, May 21, 2025, at 2:00 PM
WHERE:
Berks Community Health Center
1110 Rockland St.
Reading, PA 19604
RSVP:
Press who are interested in attending must RSVP to ra-in-press@pa.gov.