TV for your health

Posted on January 26, 2012 by hcfany

PBS Newshour had a great little segment last night on a project out of Colorodo aimed at improving health among the Latino population.  This is done by delivering public health messages via telenovelas. For those of you who may not have grown up watching Univision or Telemundo, telenovelas are basically like soap operas, but way better.  They have [...]

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It’s all fun and games until someone loses their health insurance

Posted on December 14, 2011 by hcfany

Well, ThanksObamacare.org officially wins this blogger’s vote for coolest web feature of the week.  They’ve put together a nifty little game, modeled after the old game of Life only without the little cars, that walks you through your life at different stages and lets you choose if you want to proceed with and without Obamacare.  For each [...]

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Three women, one story.

Posted on December 9, 2011 by hcfany

This week, three different women’s stories have been making the rounds throughout HCFANY’s social media networks, so I thought I’d share them with the blogger world as well. The first story comes from Baltimore, where a bride named Meredith Gould decided to put the money her wedding guests are willing gift her to good use by putting health insurance [...]

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Thanks MRT, for bringing NY one step closer to health care equality!

Posted on November 3, 2011 by hcfany

Earlier this week, Governor Cuomo’s Medicaid Redesign Team (MRT) voted in favor of recommending to streamline and improve access to Emergency Medicaid as part of a series of proposals aimed to reduce disparities in healthcare throughout New York State.  This, along with several of these other measures, has long been a part of HCFANY’s “to-do” list.  In fact, HCFANY recently issued [...]

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IOM has your back, women

Posted on July 26, 2011 by hcfany

Last week, the Institute of Medicine (IOM) released a new report recommending that 8 preventative health services for women be added to the list of those provided for free under the Affordable Care Act (ACA). For those of you who may be out of the loop, the ACA states that all preventative services that have been [...]

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Health reform makes for healthier women

Posted on March 24, 2011 by hcfany

To highlight all that health reform has done to improve the lives of girls and women in New York, today’s post comes from guest blogger Lois Uttley of Raising Women’s Voices. Women were among the strongest supporters of health reform in the campaign that led up to President Obama’s signing of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) [...]

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Government Working Together: Get your benefit questions answered!

Posted on September 10, 2010 by hcfany

On Thursday, September 16 from 10:00AM–2:00PM, West Side Campaign Against Hunger will be available to answer benefit questions related to housing, health care (Medicare, Medicaid & EPIC), Social Security, food stamps and more! No appointments are necessary. West Side Campaign Against Hunger is located at St. Paul & St. Andrew Church– West 86 Street (corner [...]

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New, Unacceptable Guidelines for Women’s Health

Posted on July 16, 2010 by hcfany

From HCFANY’s partner, Raising Women’s Voices for the Health Care We Need!– Yesterday, the Obama administration shocked women’s health organizations by announcing it had decided to sharply restrict abortion coverage in the new federally-subsidized “high-risk pool” insurance plans that will be offered to people with pre-existing conditions, such as breast cancer and diabetes. The coverage [...]

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A meeting you don’t want to miss!

Posted on April 28, 2010 by hcfany

On May 11, 2010 HCFANY and fellow advocate groups will discuss what health care reform means for New York and how it will be implemented. Join us from 11 AM- 3:30 PM at the Westminster Presbyterian Church (85 Church Street) in Albany.

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Let’s Celebrate Federal Health Reform!

Posted on April 22, 2010 by hcfany

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