HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — A judge said Thursday that he will not stop the administration of Gov. Tom Corbett from dipping into money that in the past had helped pay for Pennsylvania's now-shuttered health care plan for more than 41,000 low-income adults.
Commonwealth Court Senior Judge James R. Kelley denied a motion to order the state treasurer to hold on to Pennsylvania's annual deposit of money from a 1998 settlement with major cigarette manufacturers.
The underlying lawsuit, filed last month and still pending, alleges that tobacco settlement money set aside for the plan known as adultBasic has been unlawfully diverted for other purposes.
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