Healthcare
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PA cancer testing bill hits home for Bucks County’s Farry and family
The legislation ensures Pennsylvania law aligns with a federal recommendation issued in 2024 that will require Affordable Care Act plans to cover follow-up imaging for certain patients beginning in 2026.
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Pa.’s home care workers want to be included in the next state budget
According to one group, the average hourly reimbursement rate for personal assistance services is “the lowest among neighboring states.”
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Inside Pennsylvania’s $1B battle plan for threats to rural health care
Pennsylvania officials have pitched a roughly $1 billion plan for strengthening rural health care as they compete with other states for one-time federal grant funds to blunt the effects of impending Medicaid cuts.
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Pa.’s rural health application reveals priorities in federal funding request
Rural Pennsylvanians are older and sicker than their urban counterparts, but have fewer options for health providers.
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2025-26 flu season arrives early in Erie County. How can you protect yourself?
Erie County’s 2025-26 flu season has started and it could be another busy one.
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Petition urges UPMC to boost security after attacks on medical staffers, including in York
Nurses and healthcare employees have launched a statewide petition seeking better staffing and security measures at UPMC and other healthcare facilities after attacks on workers, including a deadly shooting during a hostage siege at a York hospital.
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Trump-friendly Fayette County could feel the pain of his Medicaid cuts, advocates say
Health experts say millions across the U.S. could soon face a loss of Medicaid coverage because of new hurdles created by the One Big Beautiful Bill, the massive tax package passed this year by congressional Republicans. And they predict the fallout of President Donald Trump’s marquee bill will land particularly heavily on some of the…
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Even with shutdown end in sight, Pa. residents face health insurance hikes
While an end to the federal government shutdown could come this week, the main issue behind the shutdown—whether or not to extend enhanced tax credits for millions of Americans purchasing their plans on Affordable Care Act marketplaces like Pennie—remains unresolved.
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Religious, philosophical vaccine exemptions on the rise in Southwestern Pennsylvania
Vaccine exemptions are on the rise. Almost 1,800 students in Allegheny County submitted medical, religious or philosophical vaccination exemptions in 2024, compared to about 1,300 in 2020. In Westmoreland County, 926 students filed for exemptions in these categories and time frame, compared to just under 400 in 2020.
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‘These are real people’: Pennsylvania care providers decry 4-month state funding delay
Agencies that care for some of Pennsylvania’s most vulnerable residents are borrowing money from banks and family members, digging deep into their savings and pulling back services to cope with a state budget that’s more than four months late.
