Health insurance

Rising Tide Wellness, a healthcare nonprofit, will host a wellness fair in Scranton on Thursday, June 26. The fair will go from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the Lackawanna County Courthouse Courtyard.

United Concordia Dental and the Highmark Foundation will sponsor the annual MOM-n-PA dental clinic at Wilkes-Barre’s Mohegan Arena at Casey Plaza on Friday, June 6 and Saturday, June 7.

The Good Drop ketamine clinic in Avoca treats patients with treatment-resistant depression, chronic pain and anxiety. While they're happy to offer alternative care in Northeast Pennsylvania, the owners still see a lack of understanding around ketamine.

Medicaid cuts would threaten thousands of Pennsylvanians’ access to healthcare and put hospitals in the region at risk of closure, activists argued during a virtual town hall meeting this week.

Restorative Roots Recovery owns the only licensed male recovery houses in Luzerne County. While the owners have plans to grow, the federal government looks to shrink funding for recovery services.

Unionized nurses at Geisinger’s Wyoming Valley facilities settled with the company late Friday after months of negotiations, averting a second strike.

The Trump administration’s recent cuts to the Department of Health and Human Services included billions of dollars in grants to the states. Gov. Josh Shapiro joined a multistate lawsuit against the administration, resulting in a temporary pause on the cuts. But Luzerne and Lackawanna county officials are left waiting on money that may not come.

The latest proposal comes after the nurses’ five-day strike in February and negotiating sessions on March 25 and 26. Union members said they will not agree to this proposal.

Talks between Geisinger and Luzerne County RNs break down amid renewed negotiations in the wake of last month's five-day strike.

Rep. Bridget Kosierowski organized town hall about future of Medicaid and Medicare during President Trump's second term.