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Cute! And educational. But, more importantly, cute!

Posted January, 13 2012 by arianne

Well, those wizards at the Kaiser Family Foundation have done it again.  They have found yet another way to blow this blogger’s mind.  This time, in the form of a 9 minute cartoon on health reform. It’s titled “Health Reform Hits Main Street,” and is narrated by – who else? – Cokie Roberts.  Never thought I would see a cartoon narrated […]

New York’s got your back, Health Reform!

Posted January, 12 2012 by arianne

Yesterday, we learned that a group of over 450 legislators from all 50 states (and Washington D.C.) have joined together to file what’s called an amicus brief with the U.S. Supreme Court supporting the constitutionality of the Affordable Care Act. An amicus brief is basically a written legal opinion which is submitted to the court in response to a case.  […]

Tapping into your inner nerd

Posted January, 10 2012 by arianne

They say you can lead a horse to water, but you can’t make it drink.  Well, what if instead of water you lead it to a giant chocolate-peanut butter-banana milkshake? Would that change things? Jonathan Gruber thinks so! He has written a new graphic novel (you know, like a comic strip, but longer) on – […]

The gift that keeps on giving

Posted January, 5 2012 by arianne

 This morning, HCFANY members held a press conference in Albany to release two new reports that we’ve put together to highlight just how New Yorkers are being helped by the Affordable Care Act (ACA). Click here to read the press release. See, it turns out that a lot of people out there actually think that the […]