Medicaid

Según el Centro para las comunidades de parto de Pensilvania, 23 de los 67 condados de Pensilvania no cuentan con un hospital que ofrezca servicios de parto y alumbramiento y los 23 condados están clasificados por el Centro como comunidades rurales.

According to the Center for Rural Pennsylvania, nearly half of the state’s rural counties do not have hospitals with labor and delivery units. This reflects a nationwide trend of hospitals closing specialized service lines such as obstetrics.

NextGen Counseling received its state licensure in October 2025. The organization now welcomes children aged 12-19 for addiction counseling at its location on Dickson City’s Main Street.

U.S. Rep. Rob Bresnahan brought Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Administrator Dr. Mehmet Oz to tour the recently sold Scranton hospitals and speak with new leadership about their plans.

U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. hosted an ‘Eat Real Food’ rally today in Harrisburg, touting the changes he’s made in the past year to federal health policy.

The Northeast Regional Crisis Stabilization Center opened its walk-in crisis intervention service in December. The Honesdale center plans to open a crisis residential service with eight beds early this year.

Geisinger nurses went on strike in Luzerne County. Officials fought to find a new buyer for three local hospitals after a deal fell through more than a year ago. And communities came together to support their most vulnerable — the aging, uninsured and hungry.

Mehmet Oz, also known by his television persona ‘Dr. Oz,' visited Scranton in his role as the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Administrator with U.S. Rep. Rob Bresnahan to talk about federal efforts to address health care shortages and costs. Sen. Dave McCormick, meanwhile, visited the Wyoming County Healthcare Center in Tunkhannock to tour the facility and meet executive leadership.

Pennsylvania has quietly moved to limit access next year to popular weight-loss drugs like Ozempic and Wegovy for residents covered by Medical Assistance, the state's Medicaid plans.

Susquehanna Family Health Clinic provides care to thousands of patients, many of them Medicaid recipients. They now face the possibility of closure as President Donald Trump’s One Big Beautiful Bill goes into effect. And get an update on two sinkholes causing issues in Wilkes-Barre.