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4,300 Pennsylvanians Tell Tom Corbett to Preserve adultBasic

Submitted by Chris Lilienthal on January 14, 2011 - 6:34pm
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More than 4,300 Pennsylvanians delivered a message to Governor-elect Tom Corbett today outside his gubernatorial transition office in Harrisburg: Don't let adultBasic die!

Corbett Transition Plan Would End adultBasic

Submitted by Chris Lilienthal on January 11, 2011 - 5:28pm
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In a news report today, a key member of Governor-elect Tom Corbett's transition team said the incoming administration would allow the state's adultBasic health insurance program to end and, with it, affordable health coverage for nearly 42,000 Pennsylvanians.

The plan calls for “Special Care,” an existing program operated by the state’s four Blue Cross plans, being offered as an option to those who lose their insurance.

Losing adultBasic: What It Means to a Mother of Two

Submitted by Chris Lilienthal on December 22, 2010 - 11:29am
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For several months, we have been telling you about the crisis facing Pennsylvania’s adultBasic health insurance program — but nothing we have said so far holds a candle to Roseann Davis’ story.

Consumers and Advocates Act to Save AdultBasic--Notes and Next Steps from Pittsburgh

Submitted by Erin Gill on December 8, 2010 - 10:34pm
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More than two dozen activists, people of faith and adultBasic consumers came together in Pittsburgh to call attention to the disastrous consequences that will be felt by 43,000 working Pennsylvanians if the $54 million shortfall in adultBasic funding isn’t resolved by the end of the year.

Organizations, Advocates Urge Gov.-Elect Corbett to Act Quickly to Prevent 43,000 Working Pennsylvanians from Losing Health Insurance

Submitted by Erin Gill on December 7, 2010 - 7:56pm
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PHAN and our partners have been mobilizing across the state to prevent thousands of working Pennsylvanians from losing their health insurance amid reports that reduced appropriations and skipped payments by two of the state’s four Blue Cross/Blue Shield insurers (Highmark and Independence Blue Cross) have left adultBasic on life support, with only enough funding to operate through February 2011.

Pittsburgh Rallies to Save adultBasic!

Submitted by Erin Gill on July 28, 2010 - 4:18pm
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In Pittsburgh, the Pennsylvania Health Access Network stood alongside health care providers, consumers and advocates to fight to preserve adultBasic for the 46,000 Pennsylvanians who could lose access to health care if funding for the program dries up at the end of the year.

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