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We still have a ways to go before we hear the final yea or nay from the Supreme Court on the ACA. This time on hand has left many to ponder…”what if?” Well, there’s a lot to think about. But, being that this is National Women’s Health Week, it seems appropriate to focus today on [...]
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Not sure if anyone caught this, but a couple of months ago (3/19) Martha Stewart hosted National Physicians Alliance (NPA) President Dr. Valerie Arkoosh onto her show to talk about the Affordable Care Act. Valerie did an amazing job of explaining the law in a way that makes sense to a broader television audience, even spelling out many of [...]
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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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Guest Blogger, Maryanne Tomazic, Field Coordinator, Raising Women’s Voices This weekend is Mother’s Day. My inbox is full of e-mails from various fruit, flower, and chocolate companies reminding me to send a gift to my mother. Unfortunately, my mom doesn’t like those traditional gifts. I once bought her a box of pears – to which she [...]
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Or dinner! Or drinks! Or whatever else it is that you’d like! See, as part of the ACA, insurers who offer health coverage to individuals and small businesses must spend at least 80% of what their enrollees pay in premiums on health care claims and quality improvement activities (in NY, state law actually requires this to be [...]
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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
Several community health centers in New York are now the proud recipients of a cool $42 million, courtesy of the Affordable Care Act (ACA). These awards are split into two categories, the first to help existing health centers with long-term projects to expand their facilities. The second to help health centers with pressing facility and [...]
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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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Debt collectors! In the hospital! Posing as normal people - like you and me! In case you missed it, the NY Times broke a story last week out of Minnesota about a practice that is becoming more and more common around the country: Hospitals that are embedding debt collectors as employees to try and get patients to [...]
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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 [...]
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