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Health insurance giant Highmark Inc. has told employers across Western Pennsylvania that its rival, the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, is trying to frighten people into thinking they will not have access to its hospitals and doctors after next summer.
"UPMC has mounted a communication campaign aimed at frightening Highmark policyholders and individual members" that they will lose coverage after a contract between the nonprofits expires June 30, 2012, the insurer wrote in a letter on Thursday to employers and insurance brokers and agents.See the full content of this document
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Highmark: Upmc Trying to Scare Patrons
Access to UPMC hospitals will contractually continue for a year after that, Highmark said, and the insurer plans to use that time to try to reach an agreement with UPMC.
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