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Aurora McCausland: My insurance company doesn't recognize my disease, though my doctor does
3+ hour ago (21+ words) My health insurance company told me I didn't appear "sick enough" to receive coverage'for treatment my doctor determined was necessary......
Struggling rural Pennsylvania hospital prepares to close
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (405+ words) The closing of a tiny Pennsylvania hospital in the coming months will leave a rural northeast county with just 14 inpatient beds for a population of 35,000. Due to financial stresses, Bradford Regional Medical Center said Tuesday that it's closing by mid-year,…...
Sticker shock: 92,000 Pennsylvanians drop Obamacare health insurance in 2026
1+ mon, 2+ week ago (21+ words) Roughly 1 in 5 Pennsylvania Obamacare plan enrollees dropped health coverage for 2026 due to "unprecedented cost increases," the state's......
Independence Health System continues to trim operating losses, as it preps for tie up with WVU Medicine
1+ mon, 3+ week ago (27+ words) Independence Health System continued to chip away at operating losses in the last half of 2025, less than a year before the five-hospital system is slated......
Nurse-to-patient ratios loom large in UPMC contract talks
2+ mon, 5+ day ago (26+ words) Nurse-to-patient staffing ratios are likely to be a big issue in contract bargaining that's scheduled to get underway Wednesday at UPMC Magee-Womens......
Health subsidies expire, launching millions of Americans into 2026 with steep insurance hikes
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Jack Ochs and Bert Rockman: Three fixable reasons American healthcare costs so much
2+ mon, 4+ week ago (15+ words) Jack Ochs and Bert Rockman: Three fixable reasons American healthcare costs so much'Pittsburgh Post-Gazette...
One thousand Pennsylvanians now dropping health insurance daily
3+ mon, 4+ day ago (24+ words) Nansi Armstrong is living in America's painful health insurance purgatory: earning too much to qualify for Medicaid but not enough to cover premiums......
Prospects dim for extension of Obamacare tax credits
3+ mon, 2+ week ago (17+ words) Prospects dim for extension of Obamacare tax credits "I just want a fair chance at life....
Promise of savings draws Pittsburgh-area employers to alternative health insurance plan
4+ mon, 4+ week ago (8+ words) We're looking at a catastrophic number.'...