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HCFANY launches effort to reach uninsured LGBT New Yorkers

Posted June, 20 2013 by arianne

From left: David Sandman – New York State Health Foundation, Mark Hannay – Metro NY Health Care For All Campaign, Kellan Baker – Center for American Progress, and Lois Uttley – Raising Women’s Voices.  HCFANY launched a new campaign today to provide outreach and education to uninsured LGBT New Yorkers around the new health options that […]

Sit down and chat for a while!

Posted April, 25 2013 by arianne

Tomorrow (Friday, 4/26), Community Catalyst, Asian Pacific Islander American Health Forum (APIAHF) and HCFANY member Raising Women’s Voices will be hosting a tweet chat to celebrate Minority Health Month. The subject of the chat will be how the ACA is addressing health disparities. You can expect to hear about topics like language access, consumer engagement,  essential health benefits and the Navigator program, […]

NY has a chance to really make a difference on health disparities – let’s go for it!

Posted April, 8 2013 by arianne

A couple of months ago, the state-sponsored report (written by our friends at the Center for Popular Democracy) on how to reduce health disparities through the New York Health Benefit was released, outlining a myriad of recommendations culled from a stakeholder meeting held back in September.  You can read the Center for Popular Democracy report here. HCFANY […]

NYS report out on reducing health disparities through the Exchange

Posted February, 22 2013 by arianne

This week, the State-sponsored report on how to reduce health disparities through the New York Health Benefit was released, outlining a myriad of recommendations culled from a stakeholder meeting held back in September. These recommendations track three core themes discussed at the stakeholder meeting: 1) consumer assistance, 2) network adequacy, and 3) data collection.  Recommendations […]