Nicole Leonard | WHYY
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Candidates running to become Pennsylvania’s next attorney general say addressing the opioid epidemic, gun violence and public safety would be among their priorities as the state’s top law enforcement official.
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Philadelphia Safehouse leaders say they are reviewing their options and next steps, which could include filing an appeal. The lawsuit was first filed in 2019.
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State officials said an estimated 1 million Pennsylvanians hold some amount of medical debt, and many are subjected to debt collectors.
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The Independent External Review program will take cases from people who believe their insurer has incorrectly denied them health care coverage.
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The new payouts are from a second wave of national opioid lawsuit settlements with Teva, Allergan, CVS, Walgreens, and Walmart.
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Pennsylvania cuts at least 137,000 people from Medicaid as some participants fight paperwork denialsSome people are getting cut from the program for missing paperwork. Pennsylvanians have up to 90 days to file appeals with the county and state.
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One year after Dobbs, Pa. clinicians say it’s time to revise the state’s physician-only abortion lawPennsylvania law only allows physicians to perform abortions. Advanced practice clinicians say they want to be able to do the same.
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Several City Council members want to preemptively ban such sites in residential neighborhoods in certain parts of the city.
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Supervised injection or safe consumption sites are places people could go to use illegal drugs while being monitored by medical experts.
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Nearly 50 years ago, Garrett Brown invented the Steadicam for motion picture filming. Today, he’s using his skills to give people more mobility options.