Pittsburgh Post-Gazette and Toledo Blade union members left unable to access health insurance

On Monday, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette copy editor Ron Rubinkowski showed up at the clinic for what was supposed to be a routine treatment. He had done this before and knew what to expect. The medication, $6,500 without health insurance, cost him $5 under his plan through the Post-Gazette. The appointment itself usually didn’t cost more than $100.

But a nurse informed him that his health insurance wasn’t working. Based on previous experience, Rubinkowski knew that the clinic visit would be several hundred dollars without insurance.

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