Insurance Still a Struggle a Year After adultBasic Nixed

A conference call Wednesday showed many Pennsylvanians are still struggling with health insurance coverage and costs.

When Rick Mossinghoff lost his AdultBasic health insurance coverage, he was in the midst of physical therapy appointments for arthritis in his hip. As Gov. Tom Corbett suggested to the more than 40,000 people who lost that coverage, Mossinghoff enrolled in the Special Care program. And he found out that, in addition to it being higher in cost, it didn’t cover the therapy sessions and limited his doctor’s appointments to four each year. When he went had to later undergo a hip replacement, the Special Care program initially only authorized a one-day hospital stay. While groggy from sedation, Mossinghoff, of Robinson Township, said he had to talk with hospital staff and insurance representatives to get the situation figured out. It was only …

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