Workers' medical bills go unpaid (TAD - McCain's campaign stop) [View All]

Source: Patriot-News (Harrisburg, PA)

How does it feel to have health insurance contributions deducted from your paycheck and then find out you didn't actually have insurance and now are expected to pay thousands of dollars in medical bills?

Ask employees of Turbine Airfoil Designs Inc. in Harrisburg.

TAD stopped paying toward its Capital BlueCross group plan in October.

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In March, Capital sent TAD employees letters saying their coverage had been canceled retroactively to Oct. 9.

Now some TAD employees face five months' worth of medical bills. Some have bills totaling $10,000 or more. State agencies are investigating.

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TAD is along North Cameron Street in Harrisburg. The plant, which has a unionized work force, makes parts used in airplane engines.
It was in the spotlight last year when Sen. John McCain visited during his presidential campaign.


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I remember the big fanfare when McCain held TAD up as a model of free enterprise thriving under GOP policies. The fact of the matter is that they were already broke at the time. This situation really sucks.