Dr. Patricia Fox - Clinical Psychologist

12/16/2025

A recent analysis showed the rate of uninsured children in the U.S. grew from 2022 to 2024. Experts say this could lead to more pediatric cancer deaths.

12/16/2025

Gosh, sticker shock at the cost of health insurance premiums is an understatement! Wow.

Congressman Rob Bresnahan Jr. Congressman Dan Meuser Senator Dave McCormick U.S. Senator John Fetterman

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With subsidies that help consumers pay their health insurance premiums set to expire, health care shoppers face staggering prices. Lawmakers are running out of time to agree on a solution.

12/14/2025

ACTION ALERT: The White House has announced an executive order that would prevent states from enacting their own kids' AI safety laws.

Between unsafe AI companions, AI-generated child sexual abuse material, and discriminatory algorithms in schools and health care, AI's dangers to kids are serious and well documented.

Governors can help stop it, but only if they hear from you. Send a message to your governor right now to stand up for states' ability to protect kids and families from unsafe AI: https://p2a.co/9qRdw7N?lid=jz4d5rcsgf1h

12/14/2025

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12/12/2025

Social media sows division.

Some social media algorithms are feeding us antidemocratic attitudes and intergroup hostility.

But a new field experiment finds that an algorithmic feed can reduce out-group animosity & affective polarization by down-ranking this hostile political content.

This provides evidence that social media companies can play a role in societal division: https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.adu5584

12/12/2025

Most Americans say government has a responsibility to ensure health care coverage: https://pewrsr.ch/495emca

12/12/2025

I'm a psychologist in independent practice in northeast Pennsylvania and have been procrastinating choosing a health insurance plan for 2026. Today, I was browsing plans as I considered my budget for next year and potential health issues.

The most costly plan available to me as an older adult is over $2,000 a month. I currently pay $899 a month.

In northeast Pennsylvania, Congressman Rob Bresnahan Jr. and Congressman Dan Meuser who "represent" two of the poorest districts in Pennsylvania, voted in favor of the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBBA).

The OBBBA allowed the Affordable Care Act (ACA) health insurance subsidies to lapse at the end of 2025.

The OBBBA made permanent the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017 (TCJA) which will cut taxes for the richest 1% of Americans by more than $50,000 per year.

Mr. Bresnahan and Mr. Meuser are Ultra-High-Net-Worth (UHNW) individuals and will likely reap significant benefits from their support of the OBBBA. UHNW individuals have investable assets of $30 million or more.

Due to federal law, some health insurance tax credits for Pennie customers will expire at the end of 2025. Learn more here.

12/11/2025

Women in Philanthropy - an initiative by the Scranton Area Community Foundation.

We had an incredible and inspiring evening of empowerment at the Women in Philanthropy Annual Celebration on Wednesday, November 5, 2025!As we celebrated the...

12/11/2025

The deadline for obtaining health insurance via the marketplace in Pennsylvania is December 15, 2025.

Senator Dave McCormick U.S. Senator John Fetterman

A Republican-drafted proposal to set up health savings accounts for people who buy their health insurance on the Affordable Care Act (ACA) marketplace failed to advance on a largely party-line vote…

12/11/2025

U.S. Senator John Fetterman Senator Dave McCormick Congressman Dan Meuser Congressman Rob Bresnahan Jr.

Frustration has long been Americans’ dominant emotion toward the federal government. This sentiment is common across the political spectrum regardless of which party holds the presidency. But the shares of Republicans and Democrats feeling anger and contentment shift dramatically depending on who’s in the White House.

Still, the partisan gaps in these views are wider now than at any point since we first asked this question in 1997.

Full analysis here: https://pewrsr.ch/3KHtTFF

12/11/2025

12/11/2025

If you obtain your health insurance from the health insurance marketplace, you are likely facing higher costs and higher deductibles.

Here's a helpful article about enrolling in an Health Savings Account (HSA) as a spending account for current medical costs and as a long-term investment account.

In northeast Pennsylvania, Congressman Rob Bresnahan Jr. and Congressman Dan Meuser who "represent" two of the poorest districts in Pennsylvania, voted in favor of the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBBA). The OBBBA allowed the Affordable Care Act (ACA) health insurance subsidies to lapse at the end of 2025.

The OBBBA made permanent the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017 (TCJA) which will cut taxes for the richest 1% of Americans by more than $50,000 per year.

Mr. Bresnahan and Mr. Meuser are Ultra-High-Net-Worth (UHNW) individuals and will likely reap significant benefits from their vote for the OBBBA. UHNW individuals have investable assets of $30 million or more.

Ninth annual study evaluates 11 leading providers, highlighting industry growth amid policy changes and improved offerings Morningstar, Inc. (Nasdaq: MORN), a leading provider of independent investment insights, today published its ninth annual Health Savings Account (HSA) Landscape Report, offering...