Medicaid

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.

Susquehanna Family Health Clinic provides primary care to thousands of patients, many of them Medicaid recipients. The family-owned clinic faces the possibility of closure as President Donald Trump’s One Big Beautiful Bill goes into effect.

Temple Dental School plans to open a Tamaqua campus as soon as 2026. Administrators hope students will commit to practicing in rural areas after they complete their final two years of dental school in Tamaqua.

Commonwealth Foundation, a right-leaning think tank based in Harrisburg, says Gov. Josh Shapiro is wrong and many Medicaid recipients will work or meet other requirements to keep the benefit.

Amid fellow Democrats at a news conference on the Capitol steps, House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries questioned why U.S. Rep. Bresnahan would vote for a bill that costs tens of thousands constituents Medicaid and food assistance benefits.

The U.S. Senate passed President Trump’s "big, beautiful" spending bill yesterday, and now it heads back to Congress. We’ll hear from some Pennsylvania lawmakers about what that means.

Pennsylvania Health Secretary Dr. Debra Bogen joined rural health leaders at Wayne Memorial Hospital to talk about the impacts of the federal government’s proposed cuts to Medicaid.

The congressman for all or parts of Lackawanna, Luzerne, Wayne, Pike and Monroe counties backed a bill that critics say will end Medicaid benefits for millions