Sydney Roach
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WPSU
Geisinger and Risant Health are asking the Pennsylvania Insurance Department to lower the amount of money they have to keep in reserves, which could give the health system access to another $100 million.
Peter Hall
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Pennsylvania Capital-Star
WPSU explores what a facility fee is, why hospital outpatient clinics charge them and what’s being done at the state level to protect people against surprise bills from facility fees.
Here is a list of special programs for Earth Day and Poetry Month on WPSU-FM.
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