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Health Advocates Review Successes, Opportunities and Challenges Ahead at HCFANY Annual Meeting

Posted January, 20 2015 by Amanda

  Courtney Burke (right), Deputy Secretary for Health for New York State accepts HCFANY’s 2015 Health Consumer Champion Award from Kate Breslin (left), President and CEO of Schuyler Center for Analysis and Advocacy.  Guest Post: Bob Cohen, Policy Director, Citizen Action of New York Close to 100 health care advocates, coming from every corner of the […]

LGBT immigrants face double challenges in getting covered

Posted January, 16 2015 by Amanda

Guest post: Lois Uttley, Director, Raising Women’s Voices – NY All this week, HCFANY’s LGBT Task Force has been sponsoring events to reach uninsured LGBT New Yorkers with information about how to get enrolled in an affordable health insurance plan before the Feb. 15 deadline of open enrollment through the NY State of Health Marketplace. […]

HCFANY’S LGBT Task Force Launches LGBT Outreach and Enrollment Week

Posted January, 12 2015 by Amanda

From left to right, Mark Hannay, LGBT Task Force Co-Chair; Star Morris of Callen-Lorde Community Health Center; City Council Health Committee Chair Corey Johnson; Jay Laudato, Executive Director of Callen-Lorde; David Sandman, Senior Vice President of the NYS Health Foundation; and Lois Uttley, LGBT Task Force Co-Chair. Uninsured LGBT New Yorkers Urged to Sign Up for Affordable […]

Mark your calendars!

Posted January, 7 2015 by Amanda

It’s the moment you have all been waiting for – New York State just released its legislative calendar! There are some notable changes from the past few years. Governor Cuomo postponed this year’s State-of-the-State address to January 21, due to the death of his father, Mario Cuomo, and yesterday’s funeral service. The legislature will meet three times […]