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Dishonest Dentists

Why your dentist might seem pushy

New Jersey budget proposal includes millionaires tax, baby bonds and spending cuts

New Jersey budget proposal

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If you've lost your health plan in the COVID crisis, you've got options

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Coronavirus crisis leaves many people staring at high COBRA insurance costs

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People are less likely to die of heart disease in states that expanded Medicaid, Penn Medicine study finds

Heart Disease Medicaid Expansion Penn Medicine Study

Philadelphia is home to six of the worst nursing homes in the U.S.

Worst nursing homes Philadelphia

TV ads for prescription drug must now include prices

Prescription Drugs Costs TV Ads

In 10 years, half of middle-income elders won’t be able to afford housing, medical care

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Medicaid work requirements: Where do they stand after the blue wave?

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The votes have been counted, the results are (mostly) in: What’s next for health care?

Philly behavioral health worker pleads guilty in $211,000 Medicaid fraud

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Medicaid is rural America’s financial midwife

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Bucks County dentist charged in alleged $1.5 million Medicaid fraud

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Chasing millions in Medicaid dollars, hospitals buy up nursing homes

Counting on Medicaid to avoid life in a nursing home? That’s now up to Congress

Protesters celebrate July 4 with a 'Healthcare BBQ' outside Toomey's office

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Suburban Philly father to attend Trump speech to fight for Medicaid benefits

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Protesters fill Center City streets as Trump addresses GOP at Loews Hotel

13th Street Trump protest

Delco doctor charged in largest Medicare fraud takedown in history

Pennsylvania transgender man sues over state's Medicaid exclusions

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Pa. trying to clamp down on use of psych drugs by children on Medicaid

CHOP study: Medicaid, CHIP beat out private insurance in helping low-income children

Settlement leads to health coverage for low-income women in Pa.

Report: Doctors in N.J. least willing to treat Medicaid patients

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Wolf announces Medicaid expansion for Pennsylvania

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