Martha takes on the ACA

Posted on May 16, 2012 by hcfany

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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HCFANY Health Reform Update Webinar: Take 2

Posted on May 4, 2012 by hcfany

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.  [...]

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Community Health Centers get a boost from the ACA

Posted on May 4, 2012 by hcfany

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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Gather ’round the computer now, it’s time to learn!

Posted on May 2, 2012 by hcfany

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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Gov. Cuomo issues Executive Order for a NYS Health Insurance Exchange!

Posted on April 12, 2012 by hcfany

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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Tap, tap, tap (look at watch) tap, tap, tap

Posted on April 10, 2012 by hcfany

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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So, what exactly are we working with here?

Posted on April 3, 2012 by hcfany

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, it’s complicated.

Posted on March 29, 2012 by hcfany

Yesterday wrapped up the final day of ACA oral arguments before the Supreme Court and the future of the health reform law still remains unclear.  The final day of arguments focused on two main points: Can the individual mandate be separated from the rest of the law, and does the law’s Medicaid expansion put undue [...]

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Action Alert: Let’s keep our eyes on the prize!

Posted on March 28, 2012 by hcfany

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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The Supremes continue to hash it out…

Posted on March 28, 2012 by hcfany

So, Day 2 of the oral arguments on the ACA challenges before the Supreme Court wrapped up yesterday, and the debates heard were significantly more lively than those of Day 1.  First on the table was the basic question of whether or not Congress has the power to say that uninsured people have to buy health insurance.  To this, [...]

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