The specific treatment for congestive heart failure depends on the underlying heart disease and how severe the heart failure is. The primary goals of treating congestive heart failure are to reduce this buildup of fluid and to increase the amount of blood being pumped by the heart to the lungs and the rest of the body.
1 Groceries and clothing are exempt from the Scranton and Pennsylvania state sales taxes. 2  Scranton collects a 0% local sales tax, the maximum local sales tax allowed under Pennsylvania law. 3  Scranton has a lower sales tax than 66.7% of Pennsylvania's other cities and counties.
Currently, local sales tax rates range between 3 percent and 4.75 percent and are added to the statewide sales tax rate of 4 percent. There is also a 0.375 percent tax imposed for the Metropolitan Commuter Transportation District in portions of downstate New York.