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Pennsylvania's healthcare gap: Understanding the challenges and path forward

See how Pennsylvania employers and labor organizations can close the healthcare gap—improving access, affordability, and outcomes for the people who power their organizations.
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Pennsylvania’s workforce faces growing health challenges, while the systems meant to support them are falling short. More than 13% of adults live with three or more chronic conditions, and mental health services remain hard to access. This eBook explores the gap—and why advanced primary care offers a smarter path forward.

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THE PENNSYLVANIA LANDSCAPE

What's driving Pennsylvania's growing healthcare divide

The scope of the challenge

Pennsylvania ranks 30th for health outcomes, reflecting a workforce burdened by chronic illness and poor access to proactive care. Employers and labor organizations face rising claims, lower productivity, and growing pressure on benefits.

What this eBook covers

This eBook explores four forces shaping Pennsylvania’s healthcare landscape: chronic conditions, mental health gaps, strained provider access, and rising costs—and how advanced primary care can help address them.

THE PENNSYLVANIA CHALLENGE

Pennsylvania's healthcare system is falling short of its people

Pennsylvania’s workforce faces overlapping healthcare challenges: widespread chronic conditions, limited mental health support, and strained provider access that drives avoidable, high-cost care and makes costs harder for organizations to manage.

  • 13+ percent of PA adults live with three or more chronic conditions

  • Over 1 million Pennsylvanians live in mental healthcare shortage areas

  • PA's ED visit rate tops the national average at 479 per 1,000 people

The result is a hard-to-break cycle: unmanaged conditions drive higher utilization, rising costs, and a workforce that can’t fully show up. Organizations need a different approach to how care is delivered and accessed.

A BETTER PATH FORWARD

Advanced primary care is redefining what's possible for Pennsylvania employers

Proactive care that gets ahead of chronic conditions

Advanced primary care shifts focus from reactive treatment to proactive support. With longer appointments and integrated condition management, members get consistent, personalized care before small issues become costly ones.

Mental health support built into everyday care

When mental health is integrated into primary care, access improves and stigma decreases. Marathon Health embeds mental health support into the care experience—so members can address behavioral and physical needs together.

Cost control through higher-value primary care

By increasing primary care utilization, organizations reduce reliance on emergency departments and inpatient care. The result is a more predictable cost curve, stronger ROI over time, and a workforce that feels supported.

  • Everyone has been so great! I feel like I now have a better understanding of my health and what I can do to improve it.

    MARATHON HEALTH PATIENT
    Pennsylvania
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Take the first step toward better care in Pennsylvania

Pennsylvania's healthcare gap is real, but it's not insurmountable. This eBook gives employers and labor organizations a clear view of the challenges and a proven model for addressing them. Download your copy to see how advanced primary care is making a difference.
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