Posted March, 20 2009 by arianne
Today, Families USA released a fact sheet– “New Yorkers Without Health Insurance“– highlighting that 77.2% of uninsured New Yorkers are part of working families. These findings piggy-back on a earlier report “Americans at Risk: One in Three Uninsured,” which provided a picture of how many Americas did not have health insurance in 2007-2008. A teleconference featuring […]
Posted March, 12 2009 by arianne
Governor Seeks to Offer COBRA Relief to Small Business Employees Governor David A. Paterson submitted a bill to ensure that New Yorkers laid off by small businesses can qualify for federal benefits that pay up to 65% of Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act (COBRA) health insurance premiums. The subsidy, part of the American Recovery and Reinvestment […]
Posted March, 10 2009 by arianne
On March 5, 2009, President Obama opened the White House Health Care Summit with the following statement: “Health care reform is no longer just a moral imperative, it is a fiscal imperative… Our goal will be to enact comprehensive health care reform by the end of this year. That is our commitment. That is our […]
Posted March, 5 2009 by arianne
A memo released today by Joseph Baker, Governor David A. Paterson’s Deputy Secretary for Health and Human Services, said that New York’s Medicaid costs are, by far, the highest in the country without providing the results patients deserve. Governor Paterson Executive Budget seeks to reallocate funding and protect Medicaid, stating “as a State, we cannot […]