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HARRISBURG — The Pennsylvania Association of Community Health Centers (PACHC) shared the critical importance of Pennsylvania’s Community Health Center...

DEAR RUSTY: Does everyone need to sign up for Medicare Part A, even if you are ex-military? Or only on Medicaid, regardless of whether you are eligibl...

ASK RUSTY: I am writing to ask for your advice on when I should sign up or enroll in a Medicare Plan. I have submitted an early retirement application...

During the current Trump Administration, changes have been proposed or already put in place for many forms of health insurance, including Medicare, Me...

DuBOIS — Two Penn Highlands Healthcare hospitals received grants from the A.J. and Sigismunda Palumbo Charitable Trust. Penn Highlands Elk With the $1...

States and the federal government spent $4.3 billion on Medicaid for hundreds of thousands of patients who were already insured in other states, accor...

DEAR RUSTY: Is there any way I can get out of paying the $185/month I am told will be taken out of my Social Security for Medicare Part B when I turn ...

DuBOIS — Leaders from Penn Highlands Healthcare joined members of the Greater DuBois Chamber of Commerce this week to cut the ribbon marking the offic...

HARRISBURG (TNS) — After adding more than $1 billion to its anticipated Medicaid costs this year specifically for Ozempic and similar weight-loss drug...

HARRISBURG — The Department of Aging has received flat funding for the past six years. Before the House Appropriations Committee, Secretary Jason Kavu...

How many of us know what goes into the development of the medications we take? We take a medicine and hope that it will work, that we’ll feel better s...

Taxpayers spent $74.5 million to help develop the prostate cancer-fighting drug Xtandi, but its sky-high sticker price is limiting access to patients ...

PHILADELPHIA (TNS) — Penn Medicine is the first nonprofit health system to sign a contract to purchase generic drugs from Mark Cuban's Cost Plus Marke...

Medicare Advantage was supposed to save taxpayers money when it was created in 2003. Instead, it costs the government 22% more per enrollee than tradi...

PITTSBURGH (TNS) — UPMC in its most recent financial disclosure blamed a $371 million operating loss on increased medical utilization and rising pharm...

Oct. 15 marked the start of Medicare’s annual open enrollment period. Seniors can choose to stay on their current plan or switch to a new one. But thi...

WASHINGTON — Medicare’s Annual Enrollment Period began Tuesday and runs through Dec. 7. This window offers Medicare beneficiaries the chance to review...

PITTSBURGH (TNS) — It’s a simple thing, but often overlooked: Medicare Advantage plans are government Medicare benefits provided through for-profit in...

DuBOIS — Penn Highlands Healthcare announced Douglas Winner has joined the health system as its new chief financial officer (CFO). In this role he wil...

PITTSBURGH (TNS) — Independence Health System has introduced a new service that capitalizes on an overwhelming patient medical need and two new medici...