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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......

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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,…...

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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......

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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......

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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......

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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...

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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......

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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....

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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.'...