health care

Don’t tie health benefits to jobs
Leters to the Editor
Jan 19, 2021
We wonder why McKean County, Pa. is dying? As an entity, I mean, not from COVID-19, which is another matter. A vibrant and functional health care syst...
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Area agencies to receive $705,000 in USDA grants
Allegany County News, Cattaraugus County, Local News, ...
KATE DAY SAGER Olean Times Herald 
Oct 27, 2020
OLEAN — Concerns with gatherings for educational purposes or training have come to the forefront for many agencies this past year due to the COVID-19 ...
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Healthcare a critical issue on Nov. 3
Leters to the Editor, Local Columnists
Oct 17, 2020
Few moments in life are as breathtaking as the birth of a child. Our moment came in 2008. Tiny, at only 5 1/2 pounds, our little girl arrived in early...
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PCP Time
Health
Karen Marley 
May 15, 2020
Every team needs a coach — a point person with experience, perspective and the ability to provide trustworthy guidance during challenging times. When ...
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A salute to the ingenuity of America’s nurses
Commentary, Local Columnists, Nation World
Angela Sailor, Tribune News Service 
May 08, 2020
Americans can’t seem to agree about much these days, but one thing crosses all political persuasions: gratitude for our health care professionals, esp...
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USPS is not a business
Commentary, New York
Apr 17, 2020
There are those in government and think tanks, and probably a few bars, who like to say that the U.S. Postal Service needs to run like a business. Her...
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Being Neighborly
Health
Karen Marley 
Apr 15, 2020
No one plans to have an emergency room visit. For urban dwellers, accessing an ER can be taken for granted. When you live in more rural areas, it can ...
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Bernie proved partly right
Commentary, Nation World
JON HEALEY Tribune News Service 
Apr 11, 2020
One piece of conventional wisdom circulating in the wake of Bernie Sanders’ withdrawal from the Democratic presidential primary is that the COVID-19 p...
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The heroes of this war
Commentary, Coronavirus, Local Columnists, ...
Jim Eckstrom jeckstrom@oleantimesherald.com 
Mar 31, 2020
I was texting someone over the weekend and, in what has become a usual exchange, I asked if he was doing OK. Yes, he answered back, but he expressed w...
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Successful Merge
Health
JoAnn Clobus 
Feb 03, 2020
Officials from Grove City Medical Center, Allegheny Health Network (AHN) and Highmark Health joined community leaders and hospital employees this past...
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Health Matters: We will keep moving
Commentary, Lifestyle, Local Columnists
ATHENA GODET-CALOGERAS Special to the Olean Times Herald 
Feb 01, 2020
For many of us, a New Year ushers in a breath of hope that “things” — however personal, communal, national, or global they may be — can and will impro...
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Scorecard: NY health care has ups, downs
Lifestyle
AMY NEFF ROTH Observer-Dispatch, Utica (TNS) 
Feb 01, 2020
New York state has the best policies in the nation for keeping out-of-pocket health care costs affordable, according to a recent state scorecard on he...
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