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Register Now for HCFANY’s Annual Winter Meeting!

Posted January, 8 2018 by Taylor Frazier

Join HCFANY for our upcoming annual winter meeting this Thursday, January 11 from 10:30 AM to 3:30 PM at the First Unitarian Universalist Society of Albany, 405 Washington Avenue, Albany, NY 12206. Please register here. Highlights will include: Keynote address by Ron Deutsch, Executive Director of the Fiscal Policy Institute on tax reform and its implications for […]

Don’t Forget! New Yorkers Can Still Sign Up for Coverage through January 31

Posted January, 2 2018 by Taylor Frazier

If you haven’t enrolled in health insurance for 2018 yet, there is still time. Open enrollment in New York continues on the New York State of Health Marketplace through Wednesday, January 31, 2018. Sign up by January 15 for coverage that begins February 1. Sign up by January 31 for coverage that begins March 1. […]

Ready? Set? Renew!

Posted November, 16 2017 by Taylor Frazier

If you currently have a Qualified Health Plan (QHP) through the New York State of Health (NYSOH), New York’s official health insurance Marketplace, you can renew your coverage for 2018 starting TODAY. Retuning consumers must renew their coverage between November 16, 2017 and December 15, 2017 to avoid a gap in coverage. You can renew […]

13 Million People Would Lose Their Health Insurance Under Senate Tax Bill

Posted November, 15 2017 by Taylor Frazier

Yesterday afternoon, the Senate released a tax bill that would eliminate the penalty for not having health insurance established under the Affordable Care Act (ACA). The non-partisan Congressional Budget Office (CBO) estimates that repealing the individual mandate would cause 13 million people to lose their health insurance by 2027, including 4 million in the first […]