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    PHARE funding increase passes House
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    PHARE funding increase passes House
    CHRISTINA LENGYEL The Center Square 
    Apr 28, 2025
    HARRISBURG — As it stands, the PA Housing and Rehabilitation Enhancement Fund, or PHARE, is capped at $100 million of the state’s ballooning budget. B...
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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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    Pennsylvania Food Bucks Program to deter junk food moves to House floor
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    Pennsylvania Food Bucks Program to deter junk food moves to House floor
    CHRISTINA LENGYEL The Center Square 
    Apr 24, 2025
    HARRISBURG— Some legislators have worried that Pennsylvanians who receive federal Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or SNAP, benefits might b...
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    Grant funding for Penn Highlands hospitals
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    Grant funding for Penn Highlands hospitals
    Apr 24, 2025
    DuBOIS — Two Penn Highlands Healthcare hospitals received grants from the A.J. and Sigismunda Palumbo Charitable Trust. Penn Highlands Elk With the $1...
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    Expiring health insurance tax credits loom large in Pennsylvania
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    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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    Turning awareness into action; April is Sexual Assault Awareness Month
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    Turning awareness into action; April is Sexual Assault Awareness Month
    Apr 22, 2025
    Every April, communities across the country observe Sexual Assault Awareness Month (SAAM) — a time to raise public consciousness about sexual violence...
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    Center for Rural Pennsylvania hosts hearing on advancing rural mental health awareness and support
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    Center for Rural Pennsylvania hosts hearing on advancing rural mental health awareness and support
    Apr 15, 2025
    HARRISBURG — The Center for Rural Pennsylvania Board of Directors held a public hearing April 8 at the Capitol Building to advance awareness and suppo...
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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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    Bill would help donate unused prescriptions to those in need
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    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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    Commissioners share several April proclamations
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    Commissioners share several April proclamations
    Sara Furlong s.furlong@bradfordera.com 
    Apr 08, 2025
    SMETHPORT — Commissioners recognized several April observances with four proclamations shared during their regular meeting Tuesday at the McKean Count...
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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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    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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    ST. BONAVENTURE: Alum, leading researcher on homelessness to lead discussion at St. Bonaventure
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    ST. BONAVENTURE: Alum, leading researcher on homelessness to lead discussion at St. Bonaventure
    Mar 28, 2025
    ST. BONAVENTURE, N.Y., — One of the country’s leading social science researchers on homelessness and assisted housing policy, Dr. Dennis P. Culhane, w...
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    More states requiring paid medical or sick leave
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    More states requiring paid medical or sick leave
    TOM MURPHY AP Health Writer 
    Mar 24, 2025
    Hannah Jones credits paid medical leave with helping her survive an aggressive form of breast cancer. Her employer provided time off for chemotherapy ...
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    Legislators examine, address rural healthcare
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    Legislators examine, address rural healthcare
    Sara Furlong s.furlong@bradfordera.com 
    Mar 21, 2025
    Pennsylvania’s elected officials are examining — and addressing, to some extent — the trending topic of rural healthcare access. At a recent public he...
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    Pennsylvania needs more focus on home care
    Opinion, Сolumns
    Pennsylvania needs more focus on home care
    MIA HANEY RealClearPennsylvania 
    Mar 20, 2025
    Over the past decade, the lack of access to in-home care in Pennsylvania has reached a crisis point. From seniors to medically fragile children, more ...
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    What you need to know about Social Security policy changes
    Nation & World, News
    What you need to know about Social Security policy changes
    TOM FONTAINE The Tribune-Review, Greensburg 
    Mar 20, 2025
    (TNS) — Several significant policy changes affecting Social Security recipients and applicants get underway this month. One of the changes is designed...
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    Unemployment support for domestic violence victims clears House
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    Unemployment support for domestic violence victims clears House
    CHRISTINA LENGYEL The Center Square 
    Mar 20, 2025
    HARRISBURG — A bipartisan bill providing unemployment benefits for domestic violence survivors has cleared the House. The legislation would allow peop...
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    Registration open for statewide fall Coyote, Crow Hunt
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    Registration open for statewide fall Coyote, Crow Hunt
    July 31, 2025
    JOHNSONBURG — Jim Pennington Jr., president of Rolfe Beagle Club, announced that Rolfe Beagle Club will once again offer its popular Coyote and Crow H...
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    ‘Round the Square: Bunked
    Round the Square
    ‘Round the Square: Bunked
    July 31, 2025
    LIFE AT CAMP: Remember being a kid, going to camp during the summer with a church group or scouts? We found a letter from Natalie Fesenmeyer reporting...
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    Read up on the U.S. government
    Lifestyles
    Read up on the U.S. government
    July 31, 2025
    Dear Heloise: Government and politics aren't the same thing. All the "bickering" you hear and read is people spewing political opinions, some of which...
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    Son’s parents want nothing to do with his girlfriend
    Lifestyles
    Son’s parents want nothing to do with his girlfriend
    July 31, 2025
    DEAR ABBY: My son is 20 and a senior in college. He's a baseball player and is about to ask the girl he's been dating for a year and a half to marry h...
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    Pa. fish commissioners amend rules on stocking Class A trout waters
    Local News, News, Outdoors
    Pa. fish commissioners amend rules on stocking Class A trout waters
    July 30, 2025
    After tabling the issue in April, the Pennsylvania Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission voted earlier this week on changes that could allow stocking ...
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    Cosper wins Junior AAA singles, receives scholarship
    National Sports, Outdoors
    Cosper wins Junior AAA singles, receives scholarship
    July 30, 2025
    SPARTA, Ill. — After 3,100 miles, 80 hours in the truck, and 1,700 competitive targets Brayden Cosper finished participation in national shooting even...
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