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    Call for new investments in maternal health, rural healthcare workforce
    Local News, News, PA State News
    Call for new investments in maternal health, rural healthcare workforce
    May 14, 2025
    UNIONTOWN — Department of Human Services (DHS) Secretary Dr. Val Arkoosh recently toured the newly opened WVU Medicine Children’s Birthing Center at U...
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    Agency advocates for state funding for Community Health Centers
    Local News, News, PA State News
    Agency advocates for state funding for Community Health Centers
    May 13, 2025
    HARRISBURG — The Pennsylvania Association of Community Health Centers (PACHC) shared the critical importance of Pennsylvania’s Community Health Center...
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    Social Security Matters: Must I take Medicare Part A even if I have VA or Medicaid coverage?
    Local News, News
    Social Security Matters: Must I take Medicare Part A even if I have VA or Medicaid coverage?
    RUSSELL GLOOR 
    May 09, 2025
    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...
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    Providers want to hear from moms in recovery
    Local News, News
    Providers want to hear from moms in recovery
    May 07, 2025
    Moms and healthcare providers are coming together to discuss strategies to improve local quality of care for mothers in recovery and their newborns. T...
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    Social Security Matters: Applying at 62; when to enroll in Medicare
    Local News, News
    Social Security Matters: Applying at 62; when to enroll in Medicare
    RUSSELL GLOOR 
    May 02, 2025
    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...
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    Data shows Medicare top insurance payer in 3rd quarter
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    Data shows Medicare top insurance payer in 3rd quarter
    Marcie Schellhammer marcie@bradfordera.com 
    Apr 25, 2025
    During the current Trump Administration, changes have been proposed or already put in place for many forms of health insurance, including Medicare, Me...
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    Expiring health insurance tax credits loom large in Pennsylvania
    Local News, News, PA State News
    Expiring health insurance tax credits loom large in Pennsylvania
    CHRISTINA LENGYEL The Center Square 
    Apr 23, 2025
    HARRISBURG — Expanded tax credits that make health insurance cheaper for 24.3 million Americans face expiration at the end of 2025, leaving many in th...
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    Safely dispose of medications on National Prescription Drug Take-Back Day
    Local News, News
    Safely dispose of medications on National Prescription Drug Take-Back Day
    Apr 17, 2025
    YORK — To fight prescription drug misuse, National Prescription Drug Take-Back Day creates convenient ways to dispose of medication that could otherwi...
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    Bill would help donate unused prescriptions to those in need
    Local News, News, PA State News
    Bill would help donate unused prescriptions to those in need
    Apr 10, 2025
    HARRISBURG — Rep. Kathy L. Rapp, R-Warren, chair of the House Health Committee, announced the committee has unanimously approved a bill that would exp...
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    $4.3B to cover Medicaid patients twice
    Opinion, Сolumns
    $4.3B to cover Medicaid patients twice
    Apr 07, 2025
    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...
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    Congress, support efforts that combat obesity
    Opinion, Сolumns
    Congress, support efforts that combat obesity
    DR. STUART SHAPIRO The Center Square 
    Apr 03, 2025
    As the old saying goes, “an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure,” and in my decades of experience in healthcare that absolutely rings true. T...
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    A need for healthcare leadership on Penn State Board of Trustees
    Opinion, Сolumns
    A need for healthcare leadership on Penn State Board of Trustees
    DR. JOSEPH S. DeRENZO 
    Apr 02, 2025
    As we approach the 2025 Penn State Board of Trustees election, we must recognize and urgently prioritize the need for stronger representation from hea...
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    Social Security Matters: Can paying Medicare premium be avoided?
    Business, Local News, News
    Social Security Matters: Can paying Medicare premium be avoided?
    RUSSELL GLOOR 
    Mar 14, 2025
    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 ...
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    Faced with exploding costs, Pa. seeks clampdown on Medicaid-funded use of Ozempic and other weight-loss drugs
    News, PA State News
    Faced with exploding costs, Pa. seeks clampdown on Medicaid-funded use of Ozempic and other weight-loss drugs
    FORD TURNER Pittsburgh Post-Gazette 
    Mar 04, 2025
    HARRISBURG (TNS) — After adding more than $1 billion to its anticipated Medicaid costs this year specifically for Ozempic and similar weight-loss drug...
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    Measles outbreak was entirely avoidable
    Opinion, Сolumns
    Measles outbreak was entirely avoidable
    LISA JARVIS Bloomberg Opinion/TNS 
    Feb 28, 2025
    A measles outbreak inWest TexasandNew Mexicohas killed a child and sickened more than 130 people, and public health experts fear it’s only the beginni...
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    House talks Aging on a shoestring
    Local News, News, PA State News
    House talks Aging on a shoestring
    CHRISTINA LENGYEL The Center Square 
    Feb 28, 2025
    HARRISBURG — The Department of Aging has received flat funding for the past six years. Before the House Appropriations Committee, Secretary Jason Kavu...
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    Cancer drug costs nearly $200K
    Opinion, Сolumns
    Cancer drug costs nearly $200K
    Feb 21, 2025
    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 ...
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    Maternal and rural health, marijuana major priorities for healthcare hearing
    Local News, News, PA State News
    Maternal and rural health, marijuana major priorities for healthcare hearing
    CHRISTINA LENGYEL The Center Square 
    Feb 20, 2025
    HARRISBURG — "We all just need a little break. It’s been a tough hearing,” said Department of Health Secretary Dr. Debra Bogen toward the end of her t...
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    Bradford Hospital Foundation bestows SARAH Award
    Business, Content, Daily Headlines, ...
    Bradford Hospital Foundation bestows SARAH Award
    Feb 03, 2025
    The Bradford Hospital Foundation, the philanthropic arm of Bradford Regional Medical Center, hosted its first local in-person event since the COVID pa...
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    Don’t believe crocodile tears for UnitedHealthcare CEO
    Opinion, Сolumns
    Don’t believe crocodile tears for UnitedHealthcare CEO
    NICHOLAS L. WADDY 
    Jan 20, 2025
    Starstruck adulation is the last response you would expect rational, compassionate people to give to the acts of a cold-blooded killer. But such is th...
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    High-flying tree trimming to resume
    June 3, 2025
    The giant chainsaw suspended from a helicopter that trimmed trees along power lines in heavily forested areas near Lewis Run in 2024 will return to th...
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    Juvenile charged with Port A. arson
    Crime, Local News
    Juvenile charged with Port A. arson
    June 3, 2025
    A 14-year-old male from Mount Jewett has been charged by Pennsylvania State Police for an alleged arson in Port Allegany. According to Lewis Run-based...
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    June community classes, support groups
    Local News
    June community classes, support groups
    June 3, 2025
    Bradford Regional Medical Center (BRMC) and Olean General Hospital (OGH), Kaleida Health facilities, will offer a variety of classes and support group...
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    Online auction to benefit St. Bonaventure’s endowment
    Local News
    Online auction to benefit St. Bonaventure’s endowment
    June 3, 2025
    ST. BONAVENTURE, N.Y. — A trip to see the Bonnies play this Thanksgiving in Florida. A Franciscan pilgrimage to Assisi and Rome. A stadium suite for 1...
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    Southern Tier Catholic teacher honored with Golden Apple Award
    Business, Local News
    Southern Tier Catholic teacher honored with Golden Apple Award
    June 3, 2025
    OLEAN, N.Y. – Southern Tier Catholic School announced that longtime educator Mary Lou Plesac has been awarded the Golden Apple Award by the Diocese of...
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    Community invited to help make art project
    Local News
    Community invited to help make art project
    June 3, 2025
    EMPORIUM — Barbara Moscato Brown Memorial Library is calling all artists, doodlers and creative spirits ages 12 and older to take part in a one-of-a-k...
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