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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.
Republican House members have attempted five times under Speaker Mike Johnson’s leadership to bypass one of his biggest powers: choosing which bills should go for a vote.
Still, many of the Republicans who supported discharge petitions that force a vote say they’re not a rebuke of Johnson’s leadership.
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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.
WILKES-BARRE — U.S. Rep. Rob Bresnahan Jr. announced this week that Discharge Petition 6 reached the necessary signatures needed to advance to a floor vote on H.R. 2550 — the Protect America’s Workforce Act.
The legislation, co-sponsored by Bresnahan, R-Dallas Township, would restore collective bargaining rights for hundreds of thousands of federal workers.
Rep. Bresnahan signed on to the discharge petition on Sept. 2.
A discharge petition led in part by Congressman Rob Bresnahan has secured enough signatures to force a House vote on a bill restoring collective bargaining rights to federal employees.
U.S. Representative Rob Bresnahan Jr. says Discharge Petition Number Six has officially crossed the threshold, meaning the House must now take up the Protect America's Workforce Act.
A discharge petition signed by U.S. Rep. Rob Bresnahan secured enough signatures to trigger a vote in the House of Representatives on a bill that would restore collective bargaining rights for federal workers, Bresnahan’s office announced Monday.
The House discharge rule allows members to bring a bill or resolution to the floor for consideration even if the measure has not been reported by committee or is not supported by the majority party leadership should it secure 218 signatures.
A few Republicans are bucking President Donald Trump on bargaining rights for federal workers.
Five House Republicans have signed a discharge petition to force a vote on overturning a Trump administration order and restoring unionization rights for thousands of federal employees. The move is a notable break with the president and effectively circumvents Speaker Mike Johnson, who has resisted calls from Democrats to bring the legislation to the House floor.