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Just wanted to send a hearty round of applause to HCFANY’s own Lois Uttley and Jasmine Burnett, who were both honored last night with the Ms. Foundation’s annual Gloria Award. The Gloria Awards honor women activists who fight for change on behalf of women, families and communities. Lois gave a speech to a packed room of over 400, promising that [...]
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Well, today’s health reform update webinar was a success! Perhaps too successful – we had so many people sign up that the system went over capacity and many were not able to join in. To compensate, HCFANY will be hosting a 2nd webinar presentation for folks who were not able to make it into today’s. [...]
Filed under: ACA, Federal health reform, Insurance Exchange, Insurance reform, State budget, Uninsured | Tagged: ACA, Andrew Cuomo, Federal health reform, Implementation, Insurance Exchange, SCOTUS | Comments Off
So what is the deal with this Executive Order that Governor Cuomo passed last month? Is it good? Bad? Decent? I know all of you are starting to wonder about it. Thankfully, we here at HCFANY are on top of it! We’re hosting a webinar this Friday, May 4th from 12:00 Noon – 1:00 PM, [...]
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A new report put out by the Employee Benefit Research Institute (EBRI) looks at national trends in employer-sponsored benefits between 1997 and 2010. Not surprisingly, what they are finding looks pretty darn grim. During that time: The percentage of workers who are offered health insurance benefits by their employers has declined from 70.1% to 67.5%, and the number [...]
Filed under: ACA, Employer Sponsored Health Insurance, Federal health reform, Insurance Exchange, Small Business, Uninsured | Tagged: ACA, insurance, Insurance Exchange, small business | Comments Off
Did anyone read the Times this morning? There’s an article out by Nina Bernstein about the latest in what seems to be an ever-growing list of insurance company shenanigans. This time, it has to do with provider reimbursement rates for out-of-network care. You see, back in 2009 the state reached a settlement with insurance plans that required them [...]
Filed under: Accountability, Affordable, Balance billing, Comprehensive Coverage, Insurance Exchange, Insurance reform | Tagged: insurance, Insurance Exchange, medical bills | Comments Off
If so, then you are in luck! Yesterday, HCFANY’s own Elisabeth Benjamin made a guest appearance on WNYC’s Brian Lehrer Show to talk about Governor Cuomo’s Executive Order and what it means for New York. Specifically, she goes over what’s at stake for consumers, why the Governor needed to take action via Executive order, and [...]
Filed under: ACA, Federal health reform, Governor Cuomo, Insurance Exchange, New York State Politics, Premiums, Uninsured | Tagged: ACA, Andrew Cuomo, Insurance Exchange, small business | Comments Off
He did it!!! Today at noon, Governor Cuomo issued an Executive Order to establish a New York State Health Insurance Exchange (#42). It’s been a long and rocky road in getting this thing established. And, while this has proved to be a contentious issue in our state legislature, no amount of partisan folly can deny that [...]
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Well, it’s been over two weeks since the news broke that Governor Cuomo was planning to issue an Executive Order to establish a New York Health Insurance Exchange, and nearly as long since Senate Republicans publicly stated that they would not oppose this move. And yet…we’re still waiting. Despite false rumors of a late-night Good Friday/Passover Executive Order & press event last week, [...]
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As we wait with bated breath for any news of Governor Cuomo’s impending Executive Order to establish a NY health insurance Exchange, I thought it might be a good idea to give a quick overview of what sort of timeline New York is working with here. And, what better way to do so than with [...]
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Well folks, due to inaction on the part of the State Senate, establishing a New York Health Insurance Exchange through the final State Budget is no longer possible. However, media reports are now indicating that Governor Cuomo does not plan to turn his back on the millions of small businesses and families in New York [...]
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