Highmark to Request Lower Rate Hike for Low-Income Insurance Plan

Pittsburgh-based health insurer Highmark will ask the Pennsylvania Insurance Department for a 4.9 percent increase to the monthly premium of Special Care, its low-income insurance plan, after it sought a nearly 10 percent increase two months ago, according to a Pittsburgh Post-Gazette report.

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Special Care became one of the best options for the Pittsburgh-area working poor after the Pennsylvania legislature and Gov. Tom Corbett discontinued the state’s $36-a-month adultBasic health insurance program, the report said.

Highmark’s plan currently costs $162 per month for an individual and would be about $169 per month if the premium increase is approved.

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