Many patients celebrate UPMC-Highmark agreement, but some remain skeptical
Louis B. Ruediger | Tribune-Review
Jack Swanger of New Kensington has had multiple sclerosis for nearly 30 years, and the same UPMC doc for 25 years. Swanger and his wife, Kathy, love their UPMC doctor, who they have built a rapport with all these years.
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Erin Ninehouser (left), spokeswoman for the Pennsylvania Health Access Network advocacy group, and Vicki Arnett (center), whose husband is a cancer patient from Western Pennsylvania, and Allegheny County Controller Chelsa Wagner (second from right) were among several speakers during a May 14, 2019 rally in Harrisburg calling for urgent legislative intervention in the looming UPMC-Highmark divorce. Arnett’s husband is traveling to Atlanta for cancer treatments because as of July 1 his Highmark insurance will be considered out-of-network at most UPMC facilities, including the Hillman Cancer Center.
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The UPMC and Highmark buildings in Downtown Pittsburgh.
