Posted July, 28 2015 by Hannah Lupien
Last week child health advocates from across the country came together in Washington, DC for the Georgetown University Health Policy Institute’s Center for Children and Families annual conference. This year’s conference theme was “Building a Strong Foundation,” including strengthening and protecting Medicaid, CHIP, and the ACA. We heard from experts in the field on the […]
Posted July, 24 2015 by Hannah Lupien
Already more than two million New Yorkers have gained affordable health coverage through the NY State of Health marketplace, but there are still some people (namely women!) who may find themselves left behind. First-in-the-nation legislation providing special insurance enrollment options for pregnant women passed both the State Assembly and State Senate a few weeks ago […]
Posted July, 13 2015 by Hannah Lupien
On July 10, 2015 the 5th Circuit Court began weighing the merits of the court case Texas v. the United States. This lawsuit was filed in order to block President Obama’s executive order of November 2014. The President’s order included the expansion of Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA)* for young people who came here […]
Posted July, 10 2015 by Hannah Lupien
Remember our blog post about the rate review process? (If not, that’s okay, you can read it here). HCFANY spent the last month reading premium rate applications and writing up comments. We submitted 10 letters to the Department of Financial Services about plans in the individual on-exchange market. You can read each one here: Affinity […]