Posted February, 16 2010 by arianne
Today, HCFANY submitted written testimony on the 2010-2011 Executive Budget. HCFANY supports the following budget measures: The Governor’s original budget proposal to enhance accountability funding for charity care (withdrawn in the Governor’s 21-day amendments). The restoration of prior approval to the State Department of Insurance of health insurance premium increases. The simplification of public insurance […]
Posted February, 16 2010 by arianne
Last year, the stimulus bill (ARRA) created a COBRA premium subsidy for workers who lose their jobs. Laid-off workers who qualify only have to pay 35 percent of their COBRA premiums, and the federal government pays the rest. The subsidy has been a huge success – one study found that the percentage of laid-off workers […]
Posted February, 11 2010 by arianne
Despite fiscally dire times, Governor Paterson retracted his call for greater accountability for the nearly $1 billion in payments issued to hospitals for charity care in his 21-day amendments. Two years ago, New York enacted a law that required hospitals to show that 10% of charity care funding went to provide care to real patients, […]
Posted January, 27 2010 by arianne
A new report by Community Catalyst, Building on the Foundation: Consumer Advocacy’s Role in Successful Health Care Reform, looks at how advocacy efforts–such as HCFANY–have influenced the federal health care reform. Advocates have raised their voices to make sure that legislation makes health insurance more affordable, provides greater consumer protections in the health insurance market, […]
