Healthcare

Campaign to Prevent 45,000 Pennsylvanians from Losing Health Insurance Gains Support

August 10, 2010

Strong calls for preserving adultBasic have followed last week's release of a report from the Pennsylvania Budget and Policy Center and Pennsylvania Health Access Network examining a funding crisis facing the program.

Blues’ Six-Month Extension on adultBasic Funding a Delay Tactic, Not a Solution

July 29, 2010

Pennsylvania’s adultBasic health insurance program remains in jeopardy, despite promises from the state’s four Blue Cross/Blue Shield companies to continue funding the program through June 2011.

New Report Examines adultBasic Funding Crisis

July 28, 2010

Since 2005, Pennsylvania's four Blue Cross/Blue Shield plans have contributed a portion of their surpluses to the state's adultBasic health insurance program. AdultBasic is now in jeopardy, as those contributions are set to expire at the end of the year. PBPC and the Pennsylvania Health Access Network have released a report detailing the funding crisis and the larger surpluses the Blues are now sitting on.

Some Quick Facts on High-Risk Pools

April 2, 2010

Within 90 days of the passage of health care reform legislation, a temporary high-risk pool will be open to people unable to obtain health coverage due to a pre-existing condition until an insurance exchange is set up in 2014.

Health Reform Provides Americans with More Stability and Security in Health Coverage

March 22, 2010

The U.S. House of Representatives passed comprehensive health care reform Sunday night that keeps what is good in our health system and builds on it so that all people can have peace of mind in their health coverage.

The Benefits of Health Reform by Pennsylvania Congressional District

March 19, 2010

Access one-pagers on the benefits of health care reform legislation for each of Pennsylvania's 19 Congressional Districts. These reports include information on the bill's impact on families, small businesses, seniors in Medicare, health care providers, and the uninsured.

Health Reform Needed to Lower Costs, Bring Peace of Mind

January 27, 2010

Health care reform is needed to rein in unsustainable costs and give hardworking Pennsylvanians greater freedom to care for their families and themselves.

adultBasic Premium Increases Will Make Insurance Unaffordable

January 14, 2010

Changes to the state’s adultBasic health insurance program could make coverage unaffordable to thousands of Pennsylvanians who desperately need medical care.