Posted August, 13 2012 by arianne
As part of the ACA, New York State’s Exchange has to select a health insurance benefit package to serve as the State’s “Essential Health Benefits” (EHB). These will be the core health benefits that will be required to be covered by all (non-grandfathered) health plans sold in New York starting in 2014. According to federal regulations, New York has […]
Posted August, 9 2012 by arianne
If you have been able to take your eyes off of the gripping action of the summer olympics, you may have noticed that the health insurance rate increase applications continue to be posted onto the Department of Financial Services (DFS) website. HCFANY has been working diligently to comb through the rate increase requests and accompanying documents, […]
Posted August, 6 2012 by arianne
It has not ceased to amaze me just how many stories of people who have been helped by the ACA continue to come out of the woodwork. The most recent one to hit the media’s attention is that of 31 year-old Arijit Gurha, a graduate student at the University of Arizona who was recently diagnosed […]
Posted July, 31 2012 by arianne
For many women, the fight for insurance coverage of women’s preventive health services has been a very long one. But, thanks to the Affordable Care Act (ACA), women will no longer need to worry about getting much of the preventive health care they need because of the costs associated. A new provision in the ACA is scheduled to go into […]