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

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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
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Delco doctor charged in largest Medicare fraud takedown in history

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Pennsylvania transgender man sues over state's Medicaid exclusions
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