Posted December, 18 2009 by arianne
Community Catalyst Sign-On Letter Community Catalyst is urging organizations, congregations, clergy, heads of organizations and elected officials to sign on to an open letter to Present Obama and Members of the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives in support of strong affordability and coverage provisions in final health reform legislation. The letter state that undersigned […]
Posted December, 17 2009 by arianne
The Commonwealth Fund ‘s has done an analysis of health system performance in the 50 states. States were assessed on 38 indicators, including access to care, quality of care and costs. See the full report here. If New York were to improve its performance in each indicator to that of the best state–here’s what we […]
Posted December, 16 2009 by arianne
Today, Families USA released a report that indicates the importance of passing health care reform. Under the Senate health bill nearly 2 million New Yorkers will gain health coverage by 2019. Should health reform fail, more than 3 million New Yorkers will be uninsured by 2019. HCFANY has co-released a press statement with Families USA […]
Posted December, 15 2009 by arianne
On December 4, 2009 HCFANY held its annual meeting in Albany, NY. The morning discussion focused on federal health care reform and what HCFANY can do to ensure that reform benefits our state, while the afternoon focused on our state based efforts. Thanks to all who attended and to Representative Tonko for speaking to the […]