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What Does the Budget Resolution Have To Do With Health Care?

Posted October, 27 2017 by Taylor Frazier

Yesterday, the House of Representatives adopted a budget resolution that paves the way for the federal government to approve up to $1.5 trillion in tax cuts to wealthy people and corporations with only Republican votes. What’s a budget resolution? A budget resolution is a piece of legislation that outlines the congressional budget. It establishes how […]

TODAY: Sign-On Letter to Congress to Renew CHIP

Posted October, 5 2017 by Taylor Frazier

Follow up to “The Future of CHIP in New York” posted on September 19, 2017. Funding for the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP), known as Child Health Plus in New York, expired on September 30. Together, Child Health Plus and Medicaid cover more than 2.6 million children in New York State. New York also has […]

The Future of CHIP

Posted September, 19 2017 by Taylor Frazier

In the midst of the chaos being caused by the most recent effort to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act, there is another very important program at risk: the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP). CHIP covers more than 9 million children nationwide and more than 630,000 in New York State alone. Without Congressional action, […]

NYSOH Announces that Open Enrollment Will Run Through January 31, 2018

Posted September, 8 2017 by Taylor Frazier

Yesterday, the NY State of Health, New York State’s official health plan Marketplace announced in a press release that Open Enrollment for the 2018 plan year would begin on November 1, 2017 and last for a full three months, ending on January 31, 2018. As you may have heard in the spring, the federal government […]