Legislation proponents say will improve Pennsylvania’s tort climate passed the state’s House June 26 in a 116-83 vote, and is headed to Gov. Tom Corbett’s desk for his signature.

A Pennsylvania lawsuit asks that the governor be forced to reinstate adultBasic after the auditor general said the government used one-third of the money legally designated to health programs for other purposes.

Michael Consedine, Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Corbett’s nominee for insurance commissioner, has been confirmed by the state Senate.

Three Pittsburgh-area residents have filed a class action suit, seeking the restoration of the state’s adultBasic health insurance program.

Pennsylvania’s adultBasic program is dead, a victim of a lack of funding that Gov. Tom Corbett has blamed on his predecessor, Ed Rendell.

The Pennsylvania nominee for insurance commissioner has asked federal officials to help it provide health insurance coverage to people who will lose their adultBasic coverage because of “problems left by the prior administration,” according to a statement from Gov. Tom Corbett’s office.

Subsidized health insurance for low-income working Pennsylvanians will end Feb. 28, a fate financial professionals have predicted since the program’s inception eight years ago.

Republican Gov.-elect Tom Corbett’s transition team negotiated a continuation to adultBasic coverage, albeit with higher premiums, to the working poor, after Democratic Gov. Ed Rendell failed to close a deal on one of his favorite programs.

Pennsylvania Gov.-elect Tom Corbett has named a team of 17 insurance industry officials to serve on his transition team overseeing insurance matters.

The Pennsylvania House and Senate, just days before ending their session, approved a bill to extend the state’s medical malpractice fund.