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'Are we going to be out in the street?’: PA retirees fear Social Security cuts under Trump

‘People will die’: What Medicaid cuts would mean for children with disabilities

House Republicans' Medicaid 'reform' ideas would lead to massive funding cuts

Chip Roy, Andy Harris

‘People are going to suffer’: What cuts to Medicaid and SNAP would mean for Pennsylvanians

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Reproductive Rights

Anti-abortion group applauds Kennedy remarks at confirmation hearing

Robert Kennedy Jr.

Reproductive Rights

Research group says state-mandated abortion data collection should be revisited

Boxes of the drug mifepristone sit on a shelf at the West Alabama Women's Center in Tuscaloosa, Ala., on March 16, 2022.

What are shield laws and how do they protect telehealth abortion providers?

Planned Parenthood building

GOP efforts to defund Planned Parenthood threaten affordable health care services

Trump executive orders

Trump executive order is first offensive against Biden efforts to lower drug costs

Emergency contraceptives

Reproductive Rights

Pennsylvania mom stockpiles ‘morning after’ emergency contraception pills

Hospital patient

Medicaid is in Republicans’ sights. Here’s what you need to know.

A protester holds a sign in front of the Pennsylvania State Capitol during the Rally for Reproductive Rights in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania on September, 12, 2021. (Photo by Paul Weaver/Sipa USA)(Sipa via AP Images)

Reproductive Rights

Where to go for information on reproductive health care in Pennsylvania

Scott Perry

Republicans move to repeal law that saves older Americans billions in health care costs

Joe Biden at health care costs event

New cap on Medicare Part D out-of-pocket prescription costs goes into effect

Medicine bottles

Big Pharma pushes repeal of drug price negotiation that lowers costs for consumers

Supporters listen and hold up signs as President Donald Trump speaks during the annual "March for Life" rally on the National Mall, Friday, Jan. 24, 2020, in Washington.

Reproductive Rights

Abortion opponents eye renewed attacks on reproductive rights in Trump’s second term

Independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. responds to the CNN presidential debate questions during "The Real Debate" in Los Angeles, California, on Thursday, June 27, 2024.

Reproductive Rights

RFK Jr. has a history of opposing and spreading misinformation about abortion