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    Senator names UPMC Kane as ‘at risk’ with federal cuts
    Business, Local News
    Senator names UPMC Kane as ‘at risk’ with federal cuts
    By MARCIE SCHELLHAMMER marcie@bradfordera.com 
    Jun 19, 2025
    A Massachusetts senator says UPMC Kane is one of the rural hospitals at risk if the "Big Beautiful Bill" passes with the cuts to Medicaid that have be...
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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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    Recession fears may be making GOP lawmakers uneasy
    Opinion, Сolumns
    Recession fears may be making GOP lawmakers uneasy
    CARL P. LEUBSDORF The Dallas Morning News 
    May 08, 2025
    WASHINGTON (TNS) — The impact of political landslides and the resulting mandates wear off, even when they are substantial. It will certainly happen wh...
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    Panel: EMS endangered in the commonwealth
    Local News, News, PA State News
    Panel: EMS endangered in the commonwealth
    CHRISTINA LENGYEL The Center Square 
    May 08, 2025
    HERSHEY — Emergency services are in demand in Pennsylvania, yet the people who provide them are struggling to keep their organizations afloat while th...
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    Plenty of reasons to reform Medicaid
    Opinion, Сolumns
    Plenty of reasons to reform Medicaid
    May 07, 2025
    Debates over entitlement programs bring out the worst in elected officials, who are typically more concerned with political survival than addressing d...
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    Spending actually up under Trump. Here’s why
    Opinion, Сolumns
    Spending actually up under Trump. Here’s why
    May 02, 2025
    President Donald Trump is spending taxpayer money 10% faster than Joe Biden was at this time last year, according to daily financial statements releas...
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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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    Medicaid coverage critical to rural Pennsylvanians
    Opinion, Сolumns
    Medicaid coverage critical to rural Pennsylvanians
    MATTHEW ESPENSHADE 
    Apr 14, 2025
    We live in a country where majority rules — from local governments to the very peak of federal power. Those who get the most votes win. In that same v...
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    The skyrocketing cost of weight-loss drugs has state Medicaid programs looking for a solution
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    The skyrocketing cost of weight-loss drugs has state Medicaid programs looking for a solution
    SUSAN HAIGH and MARC LEVY Associated Press 
    Apr 07, 2025
    States increasingly struggling to cover the rising cost of popular GLP-1 drugs like Wegovy, Ozempic and Zepbound are searching for ways to get out fro...
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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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    Pa.’s nursing homes will not survive without Medicaid
    Opinion, Сolumns
    Pa.’s nursing homes will not survive without Medicaid
    MATTHEW YARNELL Pennsylvania Capital-Star 
    Apr 01, 2025
    When COVID-19 first tore through our nursing homes five years ago, I’ll never forget seeing the photo Shanrika Nelson, a certified nursing assistant a...
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    Pa. ranks high in number of people, providers committing Medicaid fraud
    Nation & World, News, PA State News
    Pa. ranks high in number of people, providers committing Medicaid fraud
    Mar 17, 2025
    HARRISBURG (TNS)—Pennsylvania last year outpaced all other states in the number of people it charged with Medicaid fraud and ranked third overall in c...
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    Reevaluation of Pennsylvania’s Medicaid expansion
    News, PA State News
    Reevaluation of Pennsylvania’s Medicaid expansion
    CHRISTEN SMITH The Center Square 
    Mar 06, 2025
    HARRISBURG — Pennsylvania will need to spend $2 billion over the next five years to cover its expanded Medicaid program. And while lawmakers are worri...
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    House wary of unavoidable, unpredictable Medicaid costs
    Local News, News, PA State News
    House wary of unavoidable, unpredictable Medicaid costs
    CHRISTINA LENGYEL The Center Square 
    Mar 05, 2025
    HARRISBURG — In over five hours of questioning, House lawmakers drilled down on a vast array of issues under the purview of Pennsylvania's largest - a...
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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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    About those Medicaid ‘cuts’
    Opinion, Сolumns
    About those Medicaid ‘cuts’
    Mar 04, 2025
    Democrats believe they’ve found a potent issue in GOP Medicaid reform. They are hammering at Republican lawmakers, accusing them of not aggressively o...
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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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    Added to Kinzua Rocks the Wake lineup
    By SAVANNAH BARR s.barr@bradfordera.com 
    July 30, 2025
    Kinzua Rocks the Wake is leveling up this Labor Day weekend, adding comedy, magic and beachside tunes to its already jaw-dropping lineup of water stun...
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    Preserving the past
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    Preserving the past
    July 30, 2025
    The Annual Allegheny Mountain Engine and Implement Association Engine Show, always held the fourth weekend in July, staged its 47th edition July 25 to...
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    Dog days of summer
    Local News
    Dog days of summer
    July 30, 2025
    High heat and humidity in the area lately has been hard on pets and people alike. Spying lots of panting pooches? That’s because dogs pant primarily t...
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    National Night Out set Tuesday in Bradford
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    National Night Out set Tuesday in Bradford
    By MARCIE SCHELLHAMMER marcie@bradfordera.com 
    July 30, 2025
    Firetrucks, police dogs, a caricature artist, bounce houses, a bevy of emergency responders — National Night Out in Bradford will be a dream come true...
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    Slice into science
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    Slice into science
    July 30, 2025
    Barbara Moscato Brown Memorial Library will bring back its popular Dissection Mini-Camp with Pitt-Bradford Professor Orin James from 1 to 2:30 p.m. Au...
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    Causer reminds area seniors of expo Friday
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    Causer reminds area seniors of expo Friday
    July 30, 2025
    Rep. Martin Causer, R-Turtlepoint, reminds area senior citizens of the annual Senior Citizens Expo coming up from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Friday at the Unive...
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