adultBasic Enrollment at 43,600, Waiting List Grows to Almost 385,000

Nearly 44,000 Pennsylvanians were enrolled in the state’s adultBasic health insurance program, while about 385,000 people are waiting for a slot to open, as of May 2010.

PHAN, with help from the Pennsylvania Health Law Project and the Pennsylvania Budget and Policy Center, has put together the following maps showing enrollment and waiting list numbers by county. We have been updating these maps on a monthly basis to give you a snapshot of just how much of an impact adultBasic has on communities, large and small, across Pennsylvania

The adultBasic program is a critical safety net for working individuals who are unable to obtain – or to pay for – employment-based or individual coverage. The program is in jeopardy as a critical source of funding for it - the Community Health Reinvestment Agreement funded by the state's four Blue Cross plans - is set to expire at the end of the year. Learn more about that issue here.

You can click on the following maps to view larger PDF versions of them.