Pa. governor warned to delay state health-care plan's end
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — An advocate for the poor is warning Gov. Tom Corbett’s administration that it is violating federal law by moving to kick about 41,000 low-income adults off a state-subsidized health-care plan without first seeing if any are eligible for Medicaid.
Philadelphia-based Community Legal Services wrote this week to top Corbett administration officials. It’s asking the state Insurance Department to delay the Feb. 28 end of adultBasic coverage until people who are also eligible for Medicaid are transferred into the program.
A call to a Corbett spokeswoman wasn’t immediately returned today.
Community Legal Services says it’s likely that more than half of adultBasic enrollees are eligible for Medicaid, a state-federal program offering coverage of the poor and disabled.
Corbett says adultBasic is out of money and the state can’t continue it.