From the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, published on Wednesday, January 13, 2010:
Some uninsured Pennsylvanians looking for a chance to enroll in the state’s adultBasic health insurance program are learning the wait’s about to get more expensive.
Beginning March 1, those who choose to pay an at-cost monthly premium for coverage while waiting for a spot to open for them in the much cheaper program will see their monthly premium go from an average of $330 to $600.
The rate hike affects about 3,000 people.
The 41,000 or so people who are in the adultBasic program will only see their monthly premiums go from $35 to $36. But their copayments will double and benefits that previously were offered at no charge, such as diabetic supplies, chemotherapy and home health care, will now carry a 10 percent coinsurance fee, up to $1,000 a year.
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