The Peru Gazette

Source: Lawmakers push back against Cuomo Medicaid deficit reduction ideas – The Buffalo News

Source: CVPH, City PD: Man jumped from hospital window | Local News | pressrepublican.com

Source: Booming Long-Term Care Industry Drives Medicaid Cost Surge

Source: DiNapoli: Medicaid Audits Find Nearly $800 Million in Savings and Revenue

Source: Is UVM Health Network consolidation raising health care prices? – VTDigger

Source: Cuomo threatens to make NY counties pay more for Medicaid if they don’t cut costs – syracuse.com

Source: How to Fix a $6.1 Billion Budget Hole? Attack Health Care Spending – The New York Times

Source: Desperate need for home health aides in Adirondacks

Cornell Cooperative Extension Clinton County is holding a workshop on January 25 from 10 am till noon on GMOs–Curse or Blessing–or maybe some of both? this workshop will be held at the office in Plattsburgh, 6064 State Rte. 22, Ste.5. This is a very controversial subject and we will present the latest research and most […]

Source: As Vermont Considers Legalizing Pot Sales, Some Towns Act to Ban Stores | Politics | Seven Days | Vermont’s Independent Voice

From the office of Congresswoman Elise Stefanik Washington, D.C. – Congresswoman Elise Stefanik is an original cosponsor to the Veteran Suicide Prevention Act. In September 2019, the VA released an alarming report showing that at least 60,000 veterans died by suicide between 2008 and 2017. On average, that is nearly 20 veterans per day who […]

Source: UVM Med Center scrambles to reschedule hundreds of Fanny Allen surgeries – VTDigger

Source: 6 Tips To Do Dry January: Life Kit : NPR

Source: Clinton County to adopt overdose map – Sun Community News & Printing

Source: Elizabethtown Community Hospital emergency departments win Press Ganey award | News, Sports, Jobs – Adirondack Daily Enterprise

Source: Sen. Jim Tedisco: St. Clare’s pension fund shortfall much worse than hospital officials let on

Source: US Officials: Don’t Eat Romaine Lettuce Grown in Salinas, Calif. – NBC 10 Philadelphia

Source: FDA issues warning to Dollar Tree about selling ‘potentially unsafe drugs’

Source: New York Raises Age To Purchase Tobacco Products From 18 To 21 – CBS New York

Source: UVM Health Network to offer DNA testing as part of primary care – VTDigger

Source: Governor Cuomo Signs Legislation Requiring Death Certificates to Specify Opioid Involved in Overdose | Governor Andrew M. Cuomo

Source: Vilas Home to be renovated, expand services | Local News | pressrepublican.com

Bridget Hemm of Peru Source: Power of positive thinking | Local News | pressrepublican.com

Adirondack Health Institute (AHI) is offering free health insurance enrollment assistance services to individuals, families, and small business owners in eight North Country counties – Clinton, Essex, Franklin, Fulton, Hamilton, Saratoga, Warren, and Washington – during the upcoming open enrollment period. Open enrollment begins November 1 for new enrollees and November 16 for those reenrolling […]

From the office of Assemblyman Billy Jones Assemblyman Billy Jones (D-Plattsburgh) announced that Saturday, Oct. 26, is National Prescription Drug Take Back Day and is encouraging North Country residents to participate to protect the environment and keep them out of the wrong hands. “A lot of us have various medications left over from illnesses or […]