Hospital financial assistance woes make waves

Posted on February 22, 2012 by hcfany

Earlier this month, we covered a new report on hospital financial assistance released by the Community Service Society.  This report has been making waves since its release, so anyone who is interested in learning more on the topic now has a few more options to do so. Elisabeth Benjamin, one of the report’s authors, recently appeared on Democracy Now! with [...]

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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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Mark your calendars, folks!

Posted on October 28, 2011 by hcfany

Alright kids, it’s that time of the year again! The weather is getting colder and state politics are heating up – all clear indications that HCFANY’s annual statewide meeting is just around the bend. So, get out your datebooks or your newfangled iCalendars or whatnot and pencil in the following info: HCFANY Annual Meeting December [...]

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Federal Health Care on the Move

Posted on January 28, 2009 by hcfany

The Senate rejected two proposed amendments to the SCHIP reauthorization legislation yesterday, thwarting GOP efforts to keep children of legal immigrants off of public health insurance.  Rather than the 5-year waiting period under the current law, the amendment would have required states to have 95% of eligible children enrolled – a nearly impossible task –  before children [...]

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