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NORTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA — Rep. Rob Bresnahan (R, PA-08) brought Dr. Mehmet Oz, the administrator of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), to Scranton on December 5, there to meet with local health care leaders and to hear their needs and challenges.
SCRANTON — U.S. Rep. Rob Bresnahan welcomed Mehmet Oz, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) administrator, to Scranton on Friday for a health care roundtable with local stakeholders and officials.
Prior to the roundtable, Bresnahan and Oz visited The Wright Center in Scranton to tour the facility and meet with staff and leadership.
SCRANTON, Pa. — A key player in healthcare paid a visit to Lackawanna County.
Dr. Mehmet Oz oversees Medicare and Medicaid services for the Trump administration. His visit to Scranton comes as health officials in our area worry about the potential effects of the so-called 'One Big Beautiful Bill'.
U.S. Rep. Rob Bresnahan said Friday that he’s in favor of extending the Affordable Care Act enhanced tax credits, which are set to expire at the end of this year.
“I don't feel proper in ripping the rug out from underneath people that are already struggling economically and from an affordability perspective. I think we need to approach it twofold. I think we need to extend the subsidies for one year the way it is, also then we need to get to work and figure out a legislative, real solution, real reform,” Bresnahan said.
WILKES-BARRE — U.S. Rep. Rob Bresnahan Jr. on Wednesday announced his support for 50 health care bills directly in response to the specific needs and challenges brought forward by families across Northeast Pennsylvania.
To better understand these needs, Bresnahan, R-Dallas Township, said he has sat down to meet with hundreds of local stakeholders, from patients fighting cancer, to parents of children with rare diseases, to the doctors, nurses, and hospital workers who care for them on the front lines every day.
All 11 members of Luzerne County council voted Tuesday night to approve Tenor Health Foundation's financing proposal to purchase Wilkes-Barre General Hospital.
County spokeswoman Colleen Connolly confirmed that the council authorized Tenor’s plan to borrow up to $72 million in tax-exempt revenue bonds to finance its planned acquisition of the hospital. Tenor also proposed to pay Luzerne County $850,000 annually as part of a payment in lieu of taxes, or PILOT, agreement.
LUZERNE COUNTY, PA — On Tuesday, November 25, U.S. Representative Rob Bresnahan, Jr. (PA-08) released the below statement following Luzerne County Council’s approval for Tenor Health to borrow tax-exempt funds to purchase Wilkes-Barre General Hospital from Community Health Systems Inc. (CHS). This is another step toward Tenor’s acquisition of CHS’ three Pennsylvania hospitals, which include Regional Hospital and Moses Taylor Hospital in Scranton in addition to Wilkes-Barre General.
LUZERNE COUNTY, PA: Tonight, U.S. Representative Rob Bresnahan, Jr. (PA-08) released the below statement following Luzerne County Council’s approval for Tenor Health to borrow tax-exempt funds to purchase Wilkes-Barre General Hospital from Community Health Systems Inc. (CHS). This is another important step toward Tenor’s acquisition of CHS’ three Pennsylvania hospitals, which include Regional Hospital and Moses Taylor Hospital in Scranton in addition to Wilkes-Barre General.