WGAL Interviews RCPA President & CEO Richard Edley with RCPA Member Success Rehab’s Jack Poplar on TBI Underfunding

For the WGAL In Focus: Traumatic Brain Injuries episode, Susan Shapiro interviewed PA State Senator Tim Kearney, RCPA President & CEO Richard Edley, Jack Poplar from Success Rehabilitation, Inc. and Ellie Lacasse, mother of a child with a TBI. The Pennsylvania Department of Human Services office of Long Term Living released its 2025 Home and Community Based Services rate and wage study, saying that residential rehabilitation, which traumatic brain injury care falls under, is underfunded by 44%. Guests described in detail the challenges faced by these individuals and their family members.

Advocates are calling for an increase, fearing that the system will collapse, leaving tens of thousands without critical care.

View the interview here.