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Coverage4All Myths

Posted May 25, 2023 by Amanda Dunker

In 2022, the FY 2023 budget deal resulted in a promise made by Governor Hochul’s Administration to seek federal funding through a 1332 Waiver to expand our Essential Plan program to all New York State residents, including immigrants who are undocumented. In a turnaround, the State’s final FY 2024 proposed budget excludes immigrants from the […]

Testimony on the 2021-2022 State Budget

Posted March 24, 2021 by Amanda Dunker

This testimony was submitted on February 25, 2021. Download a pdf below.   Health Care for All New York (HCFANY) would like to thank the chairs and members of the Assembly Ways and Means and the Senate Finance Committees for providing the public an opportunity to provide our comments on the state budget. HCFANY is […]

Urgent Health Actions For 2021

Posted January 27, 2021 by Amanda Dunker

Coverage Half of New Yorkers say that they cannot afford medical care even with insurance and another 5 percent of New Yorkers, 1 million people, have no coverage at all. New York should enact the New York Health Act (S3577a/A5248a) to cover everyone. RIGHT NOW: Pass S2549/A1585 to ensure that immigrants affected by COVID-19 have […]

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How Can New York Provide Health Insurance Coverage to its Uninsured Immigrant Residents?

Posted January 29, 2016 by carrie

The Affordable Care Act has helped millions of New Yorkers secure affordable, quality health care, many for the first time. However, as many as 457,000 unauthorized, uninsured immigrant residents remain ineligible for coverage. This report by the Community Service Society offers policy makers practical, affordable, high quality options to help close the coverage gap—while substantially […]

THE AFFORDABLE CARE ACT: A GIANT STEP FORWARD FOR NEW YORKERS

Posted August 4, 2015 by Hannah Lupien

The verdict is in: the Affordable Care Act (ACA) is a major step for New Yorkers! More than two million New Yorkers have obtained coverage through NY State of Health (NYSOH), the health insurance marketplace created under the ACA, in its first two years. And even those of us who had coverage before the ACA […]

Issue Brief: Statement of Opposition to Proposed Prior Approval Act

Posted June 16, 2015 by Hannah Lupien

HCFANY opposes Senate Bill 4540/Assembly Bill 7439, which would change the law regarding prior approval by the Department of Financial Services (“DFS”) for health insurance companies seeking premium rate increases.