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Regional Summits to be Held this Month in Campaign to Enroll All New Yorkers!

Posted September, 4 2013 by arianne

Today’s post comes to us from guest bloggers Bob Cohen and Stephen Greenberg of Citizen Action of New York We’re nearly a month away from the beginning of enrollment in the New York health insurance exchange and we couldn’t be more excited about the potential we have to cover over a million more New Yorkers! […]

Get Covered New York reaches Uninsured New Yorkers in Harlem and Bedford-Stuyvesant

Posted August, 23 2013 by carrie

Tasha Williams, left, of NYC for Action volunteered at the Get Covered New York booth Sunday in Harlem. Today’s post comes from guest blogger Lois Uttley, of Raising Women’s Voices Get Covered New York was out in force last weekend at events in upper Manhattan and Brooklyn. More than 30 volunteers from NYC for Action […]

New York Exchange name revealed – NY State of Health

Posted August, 21 2013 by carrie

Yesterday, the New York State Department of health unveiled the new name of our Health Benefit Exchange – NY State of Health, The Official Health Plan Marketplace – in an information-packed webcast. In addition to announcing the new name and logo, Donna Frescatore, Executive Director of the New York Health Benefit Exchange, announced the names […]

How much for that health insurance in the window?

Posted August, 14 2013 by arianne

We’ve been telling you for months, heck – years – that health insurance will cost less on the health insurance exchange.  But, exact numbers? Well, that’s hard to say.   We know there will be premium subsidies (tax credits), but it will depend on a lot of different factors: what your income is, where you live, what plan you choose, etc.  In fact, […]