HCFANY in the News
•2024•
Deny and delay: The practices fueling anger at U.S. health insurers (12/16/2024, The Washington Post)
What to do if your insurance claim or pre-authorization is denied in New York (12/16/2024, Epicenter NYC)
With Trump on the way, advocates look to states to pick up medical debt fight (12/10/2024, Nevada Current)
The fight against medical debt is pivoting to the states after Trump’s election (12/3/2024, NPR)
Nearly a third of New Yorkers on public insurance make too much money to qualify: report (12/3/2024, Crain’s New York Business)
Who Suffers When Hospitals Close? The Pandemic Offers Some Lessons. (11/20/2024, Center for New York City Affairs)
New York fumbles health costs database despite millions in investments (11/11/2024, Crain’s Health Pulse – behind a paywall)
Open enrollment begins for New York’s Affordable Care Act health insurance plans (11/1/2024, Gothamist)
DOH delays law to curtail surprise medical bills following provider backlash (10/29/2024, Crain’s Health Pulse – behind a paywall)
Despite Medicare shake-up, options remain plentiful in New York for open enrollment (10/16/2024, Crain’s Health Pulse – behind a paywall)
Hospital consolidation paves the way for uptick in facility fees (10/9/2024, Crain’s Health Pulse – behind a paywall)
State lawmakers representing districts with high rates of Asthma push for free inhalers with proposed law (9/12/2024, Bronx Times)
Lawmakers representing ‘Asthma Alley’ push for free inhalers under law (9/12/2024, Astoria Post)
NY orders health plans to collect info on race, sexual orientation, gender (9/10/2024, Gothamist)
What to Do When Health Insurance Denies Care You Really Need (9/6/2024, Time)
EXCLUSIVE: How Would Federal Medical Debt Policies Impact New Yorkers? (9/1/2024, FingerLakes1)
Premium hikes of up to 35% for individual health plans approved by New York State (8/30/2024, Newsday)
An Arm and a Leg: Don’t Get ‘Bullied’ Into Paying What You Don’t Owe (8/28/24, Physician’s Weekly)
Stony Brook University Hospital suing hundreds of patients over medical debt (8/9/2024, Newsday)
How grassroots strategy helped get health care coverage for thousands of Central NYers (8/6/2024, Syracuse.com)
State-run hospitals filed 80% of medical debt lawsuits against patients last year (7/29/2024, Crain’s New York Business)
Her Hearing Implant Was Preapproved. Nonetheless, She Got $139,000 Bills for Months. (7/17/2024, KFF Health News)
How providers avoid complying with the No Surprises Act (7/16/2024, Association of Health Care Journalists)
Plans for larger health insurer to absorb CDPHP is part of national trend (7/5/2024, Times Union)
Op-Ed: Salute Those Who Advocated to End Medical Debt and Support Health Justice (6/7/2024, Norwood News)
Northwell to expand financial aid under agreement with attorney general (6/4/2024, Newsday)
More Northwell Health patients will get free care, financial aid (6/4/2024, Gothamist)
Saluting those who have advocated to end medical debt (5/29/2024, Riverdale Press [print version])
Clock ticking for bill to expand healthcare to NY’s undocumented immigrants (5/27/2024, Gothamist)
Why state-run hospitals like Roswell Park sue patients over medical debt so often (5/24/2024, Buffalo News)
Why one New York health system stopped suing its patients (5/14/2024, Marketplace Morning Report)
Where did all the medical appointments go? (5/9/2024, Newsday)
State budget adds medical debt protections (4/29/2024, The Capitol Pressroom)
NY puts patients first by thwarting medical debt (Guest Opinion by Elisabeth Ryden Benjamin) (4/22/2024, Syracuse Post-Standard)
New York Playbook PM: Hospital Bills (4/19/2024, POLITICO)
US could learn from NY’s facility fees disclosure law (4/10/2024, Public News Service)
Medical Debt Affects Much of America, but Colorado Immigrants Are Hit Especially Hard (4/3/2024, KFF Health News)
Governor Hochul Announces Federal Approval to Expand Access to High-Quality, Affordable Health Insurance (3/4/2024, Governor’s Pressroom)
New York’s Giant Medicaid Budget (2/24/2024, The Brian Lehrer Show)
City’s plan to wipe medical debts won’t clear H+H bills, FDNY ambulance dues (2/23/2024, Crain’s Health Pulse – behind a paywall)
New York state senator seeks ban on hospital lawsuits against patients (2/22/2024, Spectrum News)
Citizen Action of New York holds ‘End Medical Debt’ forum, explains ‘root’ of the problem (2/20/2024, The Daily Orange)
Advocates push to ban hospitals from suing patients for medical debt in New York (2/20/2024, CNY Central)
Advocacy groups, patients call for reforms to address medical debt (2/20/2024, WAER 88.3)
States tackle prior authorizations amid outcry (2/9/2024, Modern Healthcare)
St. Peter’s announces second forum, its first in-person, on Burdett Birth Center closure (2/9/2024, Albany Times Union)
LTE: Hochul’s plan to ban co-pays for insulin right move (2/5/2024, Albany Times Union)
Hospital Costs Feature in 2024 Policy Agendas (1/25/2024, Politico Pro – behind a paywall)
Experts applaud city’s $18M commitment to relieve medical debt but urge lawmakers to address root causes (1/23/2024, Crain’s Health Pulse – behind a paywall)
500,000 New Yorkers Could Have Medical Debt Erased Under New Program (1/22/2024, The New York Times – behind a paywall)
Comptroller projects $1.5B in unexpected Medicaid costs as enrollment remains high (1/8/2024, Crain’s Health Pulse – behind a paywall)
Hochul proposes law to stop hospitals like Upstate from suing poor patients over unpaid bills (1/2/2024, Syracuse.com)
Hochul wants to ban insulin copays for some New Yorkers. Insurers are already pushing back. (1/3/2024, Gothamist)
•2023•
Hochul spotlights access, protection and transparency in latest health care bills signed (12/21/2023, Crain’s Health Pulse – behind a paywall)
New York state asks feds to expand Essential Plan coverage to DACA recipients (12/20/2023, Crain’s Health Pulse – behind a paywall)
NY’s public hospitals should stop suing low-income patients over medical debts (Editorial Board Opinion) (12/17/2023, Syracuse.com – behind a paywall)
How NY state, Upstate Medical haul thousands of sick and poor into court for little gain (12/14/2023, Syracuse.com)
Hochul signs bills to protect New Yorkers from the consequences of medical debt and expensive medications (12/14/2023, Crain’s Health Pulse – behind a paywall)
When Hospitals Sue Patients (Part 1) (12/14/2023, KFF Health News – An Arm and a Leg)
New York removes medical debt from credit reports (12/13/2023, AP News)
Governor Hochul Signs Four New Laws to Protect Consumers from Price Gouging, Medical Debt and Unfair Business Practices (12/13/2023, Governor’s Pressroom)
New York joins Colorado in banning medical debt from consumer credit scores (12/13/2023, CBS News)
New York removes medical debt from credit reports (12/13/2023, ABC News)
Hochul signs bills into law on medicine price gouging, medical debt (12/13/2023, NY State of Politics)
Hochul Signs Bill Banning Medical Debt From NY Credit Reports (12/13/2023, Bloomberg Law News)
New NY law prohibits reporting medical debt to credit agencies (12/13/2023, Democrat and Chronicle)
Gov. Hochul signs bills relieving New Yorkers from medical debt woes (12/13/2023, Bronx News)
Medical debt can no longer hurt your credit score in New York (12/13/2023, Syracuse.com)
Hochul signs bills addressing medical debt, subscription services (12/13/2023, The Daily Gazette)
New Yorkers’ Credit Reports Will No Longer Reflect Medical Debt (12/13/2023, KFF Health News)
2023 Power Players in Health Care (11/29/2023, POLITICSNY)
Medical debt: New federal rules could provide credit relief for millions of Americans (11/18/2023, Yahoo Finance)
Your Open Enrollment Questions (11/16/2023, The Brian Lehrer Show – WNYC)
Getting an Itemized Hospital Bill Is Basically Impossible (11/10/2023, The Daily Beast)
Despite State Measures, New Yorkers Fear Health Care Over Medical Debt Lawsuits (10/27/2023, New York Focus)
Medical debt plagues 1 in 3 adults in this upstate city. How big of a problem is it in NY? (10/24/2023, LoHud)
Lawmaker introduces bill to stop state-run hospitals from suing patients for medical debt (10/24/2023, Crain’s Health Pulse)
1 in 4 Syracuse adults struggle with medical debt, the most among NY’s big cities, study says (10/17/2023, Syracuse.com)
Medical debt impacts at least 740,000 New Yorkers (10/12/2023, Spectrum News)
Mount Sinai Beth Israel announces its closure after serving community for more than a century (9/20/2024, News12 The Bronx)
Elected officials, neighbors push back on Beth Israel closure plan (9/14/2023, Crain’s Health Pulse – behind a paywall)
Got Medicaid? Renew Your Coverage to Keep It That Way (8/11/2023, The City)
STUDY: Upstate Rural New Yorkers of Color Face the Most Medical Debt (7/31/2023, Spectrum Local News)
NYC launches program to wipe out millions of dollars in patients’ medical debt (7/30/2023, New York Post)
Q&A: Nonprofit leader on the ‘Herculean’ effort to maintain Medicaid coverage for New Yorkers (7/26/2023, Crain’s Health Pulse – behind a paywall)
Some NY hospitals nixed medical debt lawsuits. Others sued 1,600 patients for $9M (7/13/2023, lohud – behind a paywall)
Hot job with no healthcare: what should you do? (7/12/2023, Welcome to the Jungle)
Evaluating New York’s new health equity assessment law (7/5/2023, Politico)
Medical debt reporting would be kept off credit report with NY bill (6/22/2023, Democrat and Chronicle – behind a paywall)
Hunter College Names Tisch Community Health Prize Winners (6/22/2023, UES NY Patch)
New York lawmakers OK bill removing medical debt from credit reports (6/21/2023, ABC News)
NY Dems Pass Medical Debt Relief as Progressives Push to Expand Healthcare to Undocumented Residents (6/21/2023)
Cost disagreements leave fate of ‘Coverage for All’ bill uncertain (6/19/2023, Politico)
How to Fight Back When Your Health Insurance Won’t Cover Treatment (6/15/2023, The Wall Street Journal)
Medicaid’s Great Unwinding Will Leave Up to 200,000 New Yorkers Fully Uninsured (6/15/2023, The Indypendent)
As Senate Approves ‘Coverage for All,’ Focus Shifts to Assembly on Health Coverage for Undocumented New Yorkers (6/13/2023, Gotham Gazette)
New York labor, business and health care groups urge health coverage for residents without legal status (6/12/2023, NY State of Politics)
Feds Would Likely Foot The Bill For Undocumented Health Coverage. Albany Has Days to Act. (6/7/2023, New York Focus)
Hospitals’ Bid for Quick Cash Leaves Patients Worse Off (5/26/2023, The American Prospect)
Hochul Inches Toward Health Insurance for Undocumented Immigrants (5/19/2023, New York Focus)
SUNY Chancellor weighs in on Upstate, other NY hospitals’ high rate of suing over unpaid bills (5/18/2023, Syracuse.com)
Medical debt persists for thousands of New Yorkers (5/16/2023, Capitol Pressroom)
Expanded Financial Assistance Now Available to Medicare Beneficiaries in New York State (5/9/2023, NYS Office for the Aging)
Group focuses on educating people about mental health during Mental Health Awareness Month (5/2/2023, FingerLakes1)
Report: GOP debt ceiling bill could imperil Medicaid coverage for 2 million New Yorkers (5/1/2023, Crain’s Health Pulse – behind a paywall)
Medical debt reform requires changes to New York hospital financial aid policies, report says (4/18/2023, Crain’s Health Pulse – behind a paywall)
New Yorkers Deserve Health Equity. Fully Funding Safety Net Hospitals And Expanding Health Insurance to All Immigrants Is The Way To Do It. (4/6/2023, Gotham Gazette)
Health care trends bleak under insurance system (4/6/2023, The Riverdale Press)
AOC, Nadler and other NY pols call on Hochul to extend health coverage to undocumented migrants (4/5/2023, Gothamist)
FDNY proposes largest price hike for city ambulance services in two decades (3/27/2023, Crain’s Health Pulse – behind a paywall)
Weekly New York Health Care (3/27/2023, Politico)
FDNY holds public hearing on proposed ambulance rate hike (3/24/2023, News12)
Ambulance rides are a major cause of medical debt. FDNY still wants to raise the cost. (3/23/2023, Gothamist)
Advocates Urge Age Cap Removal on NY Medicaid Buy-In Program (3/21/2023, Public News Service)
Former state health chief pushes insurance expansion for undocumented immigrants (3/15/2023, POLITICO Pro)
State’s hands tied in using $10B Essential Plan surplus to cover more New Yorkers (3/9/2023, Crain’s Health Pulse – behind a paywall)
Governor Hochul: Expand Health Coverage to NY’s Immigrant Community (3/6/2023, El Diario)
Advocates call for health care coverage expansion to undocumented New Yorkers (3/4/2023, Pix11)
Calls for healthcare coverage for everyone regardless of immigration status (3/1/2023, CBS6 Albany)
FDNY proposal looks to increase cost of ambulance rides to over $1,300 (2/23/2023, News12)
URBAN AGENDA: Fiscal Prudence – Not Reactive Politics – Should Dictate New York Health Policy (2/16/2023, New York Amsterdam News)
Lawmakers continue fight to extend health insurance to undocumented New Yorkers (2/13/2023, POLITICO Pro)
Hochul Ditched Promise of Health Insurance for Undocumented People. She Could Cost New York $500 Million. (2/9/2023, New York Focus)
Advocates push for greater unemployment benefits, housing options and more for immigrants in state budget (2/7/2023, Spectrum)
End Medical Debt: Fight Grows to Stop Hospitals from Suing Patients, Garnishing Wages, Ruining Credit (1/18/2023, Democracy Now!)
The 2023 Health Care Power 100 (1/17/2023, City & State New York)
NYC Nurses’ Deal Is Just a Start — Health Care Advocates Demand Major Reforms (1/14/2023, Truthout)
•2022•
Medical Debt Is Being Erased in Ohio and Illinois. Is Your Town Next? (12/29/2022, The New York Times)
New rule provides more protection from surprise medical bills (12/28/2022, Newsday)
Report: NY’s Doing Well at Keeping Kids Insured (12/14/2022, Public News Service)
Advocates Fear The Impact Of NYC’s Involuntary Hospitalization Plan (12/13/2022, HuffPost)
Capital Region advocates call for end to medical debt (12/8/2022, WAMC Northeast Public Radio)
Upstate University Hospital blasted for suing more than 1,500 patients over unpaid bills (12/8/2022, Syracuse.com)
New York’s people of color deserve more in 2023 (12/3/2022, Times Union)
Patients with medical debt will no longer have wages garnished, liens placed on homes (12/3/2022, Newsday)
NY ends home liens, wage garnishments in medical-debt collection. What you should know. (11/28/2022, lohud)
New York hospitals can no longer place liens, garnish wages due to medical debt (11/28/2022, WSKG)
Hochul approves measure to prevent medical debt garnishment (11/28/2022, Spectrum News)
Hochul signs bill that bans wage garnishment in medical debt lawsuits (11/28/2022, Crain’s Health Pulse – behind a paywall)
Governor Hochul Signs Legislation to Protect Patients with Medical Debt (11/28/2022, Press Release – Governor’s Press Office)
People across Tri-State getting CityMD bills for COVID tests 2 years later (10/26/2022, abc7NY [7 On Your Side Investigates])
Consumer protections eyed for health care system (10/14/2022, Capitol Pressroom)
Protect working class N.Y. from medical debt (10/14/2022, Daily News)
It’s time to end medical debt in Syracuse (Guest Opinion by Ursula Rozum) (10/12/2022, Syracuse.com)
Lower premiums, larger savings program could make Medicare more affordable for New Yorkers next year (10/3/2022, Crain’s Health Pulse)
New York Health Department’s concern for polio grows deeper (9/29/2022, WENY News)
State legislature bans some medical debt collection: New rules sought to declare wages and homes off-limits in future (9/6/2022, FingerLakes1)
The Editorial Board: Hospitals should help low-income patients, not sue them (8/23/2022, The Buffalo News)
‘Almost useless’: Patients, advocates critical of federal pace to unlock hospital prices (8/9/2022, USA Today)
How Much Does Your M.R.I. Cost? Buy It First to Find Out (Opinion) (8/2/2022, The New York Times)
Report: Some aggressive hospitals in New York are garnishing wages of poor patients (7/29/2022, Capital Tonight)
When care costs dearly: New York nonprofit hospitals garnish patient wages to right medical debts, report finds (9/8/2022, Fierce Healthcare)
Hospitals’ wage garnishment disproportionately hits lower-income patients, report finds (7/21/2022, Crain’s Health Pulse – behind a paywall)
Nonprofit New York hospitals keep suing patients for their wages. Gov. Kathy Hochul has a chance to end it (7/20/2022, Gothamist)
Some medical debt is being removed from US credit reports (6/30/2022, AP News)
A look at major health care bills that passed the state Legislature this session (6/7/2022, Crain’s Health Pulse – behind a paywall)
Upstate-Crouse merger is good for the hospitals. But what about Syracuse’s patients? (6/3/2022, Syracuse.com)
Legal ruling equips New Yorkers with new tool to fight medical debt (6/3/2022, Crain’s New York Business – behind a paywall)
URBAN AGENDA: Protecting New Yorkers from Medical Debt (5/26/2022, Amsterdam News)
Legislature OKs ban on liens, wage garnishment by NY hospitals (5/12/2022, Crain’s Health Pulse – behind a paywall)
Advocates: Bar hospitals from filing home liens, garnishing wages over medical debt (5/9/2022, Albany Times Union)
How New York is considering ways of easing medical debt (5/9/2022, State of Politics – Spectrum News)
Advocates: ‘Coverage for All’ remains wedge issue in Albany budget talks (4/07/2022, PoliticoPro – behind a paywall)
As Albany Debates Health Coverage for Undocumented New Yorkers, Lawmakers Say Hochul is Inflating Costs (3/29/2022, New York Focus)
NY bill seeks to expand health insurance to currently ineligible immigrants. What to know (3/28/2022, lohud)
How much would it cost for New York to insure low-income undocumented people? Depends who you ask. (3/28/2022, City & State New York)
Broad coalition calls for insurance expansion to cover undocumented New Yorkers (3/28/2022, State of Politics)
Survey: Half of New Yorkers aren’t confident they can afford usual health services (3/14/2022, Crain’s Health Pulse – behind a paywall)
Legislature Likely to Propose Health Coverage But Not Cash Relief for Undocumented New Yorkers, Sources Say (3/11/2022, New York Focus)
New poll highlights New Yorkers’ concerns about health care affordability and access. Here’s what it found. (3/10/2022, Politico Pro- behind a paywall)
Will this be the year New York extends public insurance to undocumented people? (3/3/2022, City & State New York)
Editorial: Investment in medical services key to keeping outer-borough residents healthy (3/1/2022, Crain’s New York Business – behind a paywall)
City’s Covid response helped shrink health equity divide, but more remains to be done (3/1/2022, Crain’s Health Pulse – behind a paywall)
Advocates push for expansion of health care coverage regardless of immigration status (2/28/2022, Albany Times Union)
Hundreds Of Immigrant Advocates Rallied Across New York State For Passage Of Coverage For All Bill (2/22/2022, Harlem World Magazine)
NYC Care Reaches Milestone Of 100,000 Members Enrolled In Health Care Access Program (2/17/2022, Harlem World Magazine)
California’s Moving to Expand Health Coverage to Immigrants; What About New York? (2/10/2022, Gotham Gazette)
NY officials, advocates argue over wage increase to avert home care worker crisis (2/9/2022, Gothamist)
State bill could expand health coverage to 154,000 low-income immigrants (2/8/2022, Crain’s Health Pulse – behind a paywall)
NY Senate Health Committee Passes Coverage For All Bill Following Recent Assembly Committee Vote (2/1/2022, Harlem World Magazine)
Hospitals’ price transparency lists are ‘lipstick on a pig,’ don’t entirely lay out costs to consumers (1/27/2022, Albany Times Union)
Advocates Applaud Passage Of Coverage4All Out Of Assembly Health Committee, Call On Senate To Follow (1/25/2022, Harlem World Magazine)
Adams administration to advocate for higher reimbursement rate for public health funding (1/24/2022, Politico Pro – behind a paywall)
The 2022 Health Care Power 100 (1/24/2022, City & State New York)
Food insecurity linked to poor mental health; experts say employers should care (1/24/2022, Crain’s Health Pulse – behind a paywall)
State can close the ‘last mile’ uninsured gap with minimal spend, report says (1/19/2022, Crain’s Health Pulse – behind a paywall)
How New York could cover its 1 million uninsured residents (1/12/2022, City & State New York)
Hochul’s ‘health equity’ proposals draw scrutiny. What advocates said was missing (1/10/2022, Politico Pro)
•2021•
Full Episode: Revisiting the New York Health Act, Good Cause Eviction (12/23/2021, New York Now – WMHT)
Report: Southern Tier hospitals placed hundreds of liens on patients’ homes (12/7/2021, WSKG-NPR)
Medical Debt Is Crushing Black Americans, and Hospitals Aren’t Helping (11/22/2021, Bloomberg)
NY Hospitals Place Liens Against Patient Homes Over Medical Debt (11/18/2021, RevCycleIntelligence)
As Medicare faces largest premium increase ever, some express concerns about affordability (11/16/2021, Crain’s Health Pulse – behind a paywall)
NY should ban liens on patients’ homes over medical debts (Editorial Board Opinion) (11/15/2021, Advance Media NY Editorial Board)
Hospitals must stop placing liens on medical debtors’ homes (11/14/2021, Daily News)
NY hospitals have placed thousands of liens on patients’ homes over bills, report finds (11/11/2021, Crain’s Health Pulse – behind a paywall)
Lawmakers target hospital debt collection practices in wake of CSSNY report (11/10/2021, Politico Pro – behind a paywall)
Report: Local hospitals filed hundreds of liens on patient homes over medical debt (11/10/2021, Albany Times Union)
NY hospitals filed 4,880 liens against homes of patients for unpaid medical bills: report (11/10/2021, Lohud News – behind a paywall)
3 CNY hospitals played hardball with patients who owe money by slapping liens on their homes (11/10/2021, Syracuse Post-Standard)
New report shows thousands of New Yorkers at risk of housing insecurity due to medical debt (11/10/2021, New York Nonprofit Media)
How to Negotiate Your Medical Bills and Debt With Your Hospital (11/9/2021, The Wall Street Journal)
Weighing Medicaid’s future, stakeholders revive fight to repeal global cap (11/2/2021, Crain’s Health Pulse – behind a paywall)
Labor Unions Band Together To Tackle NY’s High Hospital Prices (10/19/2021, Gothamist)
Advocates, lawmakers push hospitals to help more with bills (10/12/2021, ABC News)
Report: Insurers, providers lack of trust – with patients caught in middle (10/5/2021, Albany Times Union)
Stakeholders eye preauthorization, credentialing processes in suggestions for cutting administrative costs (10/5/2021, Crain’s Health Pulse – behind a paywall)
At urgent care, he got 5 stitches and a big surprise: A plastic surgeon’s bill for $1,040 (7/29/2021, NBC News)
Protest Over Proposed Ellis Hospital-St. Peter’s Merger (7/27/2021, WAMC Northeast Public Radio)
New federal rule could protect 5 million New Yorkers from surprise billing (7/6/2021, Crain’s Health Pulse – behind a paywall)
A Closer Look at the New York Health Act (6/25/21, New York Now – PBS)
Medical-Debt Charity to Buy, Wipe Out $278 Million of Patients’ Hospital Bills (6/15/2021, The Wall Street Journal)
Concerns Mount Over Looming Surge in Bankruptcy as COVID Medical Debt Soars (6/14/2021, Newsweek)
Letter: State Legislature needs to address hospital lawsuits against patients (6/9/2021, Albany Times Union)
The Case for Health Care Education and Consumer Assistance (6/1/2021, Brooklyn Paper)
Number of patients sued by Capital Region hospitals over unpaid bills among highest in NY (5/21/2021, WRGB Albany)
Laws to Curb Surprise Medical Bills Might Be Inflating Health Care Costs (5/20/2021, The Pew Charitable Trusts)
Pandemic Profiteers: Hospitals Sued Patients over Medical Debt While Getting Billions in Relief Aid (4/6/2021, Democracy Now!)
Mount Sinai on Beth Israel: Damn the Torpedoes, Full Speed Ahead (4/3/2021, WestView News)
More regulation of urgent care industry needed, Community Catalyst report argues (3/31/2021, Modern Healthcare)
Protections from growing medical debt missing from budget priorities (3/19/2021, WCNY)
Pandemic hasn’t stopped area’s hospitals from suing patients over unpaid bills (3/19/2021, Albany Times Union)
The pandemic revealed the pros and cons of New York’s health care system (3/3/2021, City & State New York)
With More Than 1 Million Uninsured, New York Needs Immediate Comprehensive Health-Care for All (3/3/2021, Gotham Gazette)
Immigrant New Yorkers deserve an equal chance at economic recovery (Commentary) (3/2/2021, Syracuse Post-Standard)
$1B project to rebuild Lenox Hill Hospital on Upper East Side would ruin ‘character of the community,’ opponents say (1/25/2021, Daily News)
How will undocumented immigrants get the COVID-19 vaccine? (1/22/2021, Fast Company)
Eligibility, access and immigration – Elegibilidad, acceso e inmigración (1/20/2021, Manhattan Times)
‘Just because we’re undocumented does not mean we’re worth less than other people’: Will undocumented immigrants get COVID-19 vaccines under Biden? (1/19/2021, MarketWatch)
NY Hospitals Slow To Comply With New Price Transparency Rule That Took Effect This Month (1/18/2021, Gothamist)
For true herd immunity, we must vaccinate immigrants as a priority (1/14/2021, The Guardian)
Breaking down Cuomo’s State of the State health care proposals (1/12/2021, The Capitol Pressroom – WCNY)
Medical Debt and the Pandemic (1/11/2021, The Brian Lehrer Show – WNYC)
CSSNY’s Benjamin on Charitable Hospitals Suing Patients During COVID-19 (1/7/2021, Spectrum News)
This week’s biggest Winners & Losers (1/7/2021, City & State New York)
Northwell Health says it will stop suing patients during pandemic (1/6/2021, Modern Healthcare)
Because of surge in COVID-19 cases, Northwell hits pause on bill collections (1/5/2021, Newsday)
One Hospital System Sued 2,500 Patients After Pandemic Hit (1/5/2021, The New York Times)
•2020•
State racial disparities study nears completion (12/28/20, Politico Pro – behind a paywall)
Reaching Undocumented Immigrants a Concern Amid Pandemic (12/18/20, Spectrum News)
Persecuted and marginalized: Black LGBTQ immigrants face unique challenges (12/9/2020, ABA Journal)
COVID In NYC: Many Residents Have Yet To Show Confidence In Vaccine Process (12/9/2020, CBS New York)
Financial downturn exacerbates medical debt burden (11/13/2020, WCNY)
Citing Lessons Learned, City Officials Outline Preparations, Cautious Optimism for Handling Potential Second Covid Wave (11/11/2020, Gotham Gazette)
Many workers who lost their jobs due to COVID need help finding health coverage (11/10/2020, Fortune)
How the Supreme Court’s case on the ACA could hurt New York (11/9/2020, City & State)
New York to convene health care simplification workgroup to reduce healthcare costs (10/28/2020, ABC50 Now)
Low-income New Yorkers seeking preventive care less than the wealthy, survey finds (10/28/2020, Crain’s New York Health Pulse – behind a paywall)
Is Racism a Public Health Crisis? (10/16/2020, wshu Public Radio)
Lenox Hill Hospital expansion faces opposition due to health care inequalities (10/15/2020, Crain’s New York Business – behind a paywall)
Twenty-seven NY groups request Supreme Court Nomination delayed until after 2021 presidential inauguration (10/13/2020, ABC50)
Patients getting slammed by surprise costs related to COVID-19 (10/12/2020, CBS News)
COVID-19 coverage safety net has plenty of holes in US (10/11/2020, ABC News)
Pandemic drives New York’s Medicaid enrollment up (9/3/2020, City & State)
Years of hospital closures make New York City vulnerable to another COVID-19 wave, some say (8/19/2020, Becker’s Hospital Review)
“Beds Not Bodybags”: Activists Warn Hospital Closures Make NYC Vulnerable To Another COVID Wave (8/16/2020, Gothamist)
New Yorkers’ Premiums Will Tick Up In 2021, But Barely, After State Steps In (8/15/2020, Gothamist)
Shuttered Hospitals in Queens Limited Access to Health Care Amid Pandemic (8/6/2020, NY1)
Dental patients must be protected from COVID surcharges, regulators say (8/6/2020, Newsday)
Supportive housing groups say state cuts will lead to homelessness, higher costs (7/14/2020, Crain’s Health Pulse – behind a paywall)
Immigration And Privacy Advocates Seek New Law Shielding COVID-19 Contact Tracing Data From Law Enforcement (7/13/2020, Gothamist)
Oscar tells members it won’t cover most antibody tests (7/8/2020, Crain’s New York Business)
Why People Are Still Avoiding the Doctor (It’s Not the Virus) (6/16/2020, The New York Times)
Why insurers are seeking rate increases for 2021 (6/15/2020, Crain’s Health Pulse – behind a paywall)
She Survived the Coronavirus. Then She Got a $400,000 Medical Bill. (6/14/2020, The New York Times)
NYC Health Clinics Brace for a Flood of New and Old Patients (6/10/2020, The City)
Why George Floyd’s death, COVID-19 inequality sparked protests: ‘We’re witnessing history’ (6/5/2020, Ithaca Journal)
New public charge regulations, continued ICE activity incite fear among immigrant groups seeking healthcare (5/22/2020, Columbia Spectator)
These NY health systems received the most Covid-19 federal hot spot funding (5/19/2020, Crain’s New York Business – behind a paywall)
20 Years of Decisions to Close Hospitals Have ‘Come Home to Roost’ (5/12/2020, Commercial Observer)
Social Security and Medicare funds at risk even before coronavirus pandemic (4/22/2020, KTVU)
Dozens of NY’s hospitals closed. Then COVID-19 hit. Now marginalized patients are dying. Here’s why (4/10/2020, Ithaca Journal)
Cuomo Won’t Back Down On Medicaid Cuts—Even If It Means Spurning Billions In Coronavirus Aid (3/31/2020, Gothamist)
A Genetic Test For A Microscopic Problem Came With A Jumbo Price Tag (3/31/2020, UPR)
Hospitals’ downsizing plans draw criticism as outbreak grows (3/20/2020, Crain’s New York Business)
9 States Reopen ACA Insurance Enrollment To Broaden Health Coverage (3/20/2020, wjct)
Public Charge Adds to Coronavirus Confusion Among Undocumented Immigrants (3/16/2020, Documented)
NY Hospitals Filed 31,000 Lawsuits Against Patients Over Four Years, New Report Shows (3/13/2020, Gothamist)
Major Hospitals Have Filed Thousands Of Lawsuits Against Patients (3/12/2020, Crain’s New York Business)
Trump’s immigration policies may put people at risk of coronavirus – experts (3/8/2020, The Guardian)
Mount Sinai’s Plan Comes Up for State Review (2/2/2020, WestView News)
City’s own health care system expands to Brooklyn and Staten Island (1/30/2020, amNY)
Bloomberg on health care: Translating his mayoral record to the national stage (1/23/2020, Politifact)
Patient Who Questioned ”Blank Check” Financial Liability Form Turned Away Right Before Medical Procedure (1/15/2020, Gothamist)
Beware: Some Medicare Advantage Plans Have Plenty Of Disadvantages (1/14/2020, Health Living)
•2019•
New York State Lawmakers Weigh Single-Payer Health Bill (5/28/2019, The Wall Street Journal)
At packed hearing, NY lawmakers weigh single-payer health care (5/28/2019, Albany Times-Union)
A health-care program NYC must save (5/10/2019, New York Daily News)
De Blasio’s ‘NYC Care’ Card Isn’t Health Insurance, But It Could Improve Public Health (5/9/2019, Gothamist)
HCFANY, CSSNY blast plans to rewrite Basic Health Program funding (5/3/2019, Politico Pro – behind a paywall)
Giving Patients a Voice in the Health Care Policy Debate (5/2/2019, Public)
Patients urged to share billing frustrations, organize to shape health policy (5/1/2019, Becker’s Hospital CFO Report)
Grassroots Group to Fight Medical Debt Collection, Surprise Bills (4/30/2019, Crains New York Health Pulse)
Letter: Uninsured immigrants deserve health insurance (4/19/2019, Albany Times Union)
Enrollment, Coverage, and Prescription Drug Affordability Issues Continue to be Challenges for People with Medicare (4/4/2019, Press Release Point)
More Medicaid consolidation as Centene plans $17.3 billion WellCare purchase (3/28/2019, Crain’s New York Business)
Survey: Half of New Yorkers find care unaffordable (scroll down, 3/8/2019, Crain’s Health Pulse)
Patient groups want expansion in budget (scroll down to third article, 2/25/19, Crain’s Health Pulse)
State proposal would shake up charity-care funding (2/25/19, Crain’s Health Pulse)
State Legislators in Albany May Consider Extending Health Insurance to the Undocumented (2/20/19, Documented)
De Blasio Care (2/5/19, The Indypendent)
If You Do Medicare Sign-Up Wrong, It Will Cost You (1/31/19, New York Times)
NYC Health & Hospitals proposes changes to charity-care payments (1/18/19, Modern Healthcare)
New Enrollment Period Now Available for People with Medicare Advantage (1/17/19, Pharmacy Choice)
City hospital system proposes changes to charity-care payments (1/17/19, Crain’s New York Business)
New York City experiments with health care for all (1/11/19, CBS News)
Healthcare Advocates From Across New York State Have a Message for Legislators: Now is the Time to Pass Safe Staffing for Nurses and Caregivers (1/12/19, Pharmacy Choice)
Guaranteeing Healthcare for All New Yorkers (1/10/19, The Brian Lehrer Show)
•2018•
New York City Considering Health Care Program That Would Cover Undocumented Immigrants (12/18/18, Documented)
The Obstacles Facing Single-Payer in New York are Precisely Why People Want It (12/12/2018, City Limits)
Democrats Clinch Control of State Senate for the First Time Since 2010 (11/8/2018, Washington Square News)
State billing law leads to fewer surprises for New Yorkers (10/30/2018, Crain’s New York Business)
Warning: Companies can deny you Medigap insurance, once you drop out of original Medicare (10/19/2018, Miami Herald)
Medicare enrollment underway through Dec. 7 (10/16/2018, USA News)
HHS: Medicare Advantage Plans Improperly Denying Claims (10/15/2018, Home Health Care News)
Justice Department Blesses CVS-Aetna Deal (10/10/2018, ThinkAdvisor)
Targeting Immigrants on Public Assistance (10/9/2018, Socialist Worker)
CVS, Aetna Tout $69 Billion Deal as Boon for Consumers, But Pharmacies Object (10/4/2018, New York Daily News)
Connecticut Regulators Hear Testimony on Aetna-CVS Deal (10/4/2018, WNPR)
Thousands of insurance appeals went to doctor feds say is fraud (10/2/2018, Bloomberg News)
Guide to Medicare: Time to shop around to make the right moves (10/2/2018, New York Daily News)
Trump’s new proposal on public aid triggers panic among immigrants (10/1/18, Inquirer)
Sen. Cantwell Introduces Legislation to Expand Basic Health Program to Cover More People at Lower Cost (9/26/2018, Pharmacy Choice)
Deadline imminent for People in the ACA Marketplace Plans to Enroll in Medicare Without Penalty (9/21/2018,Pharmacy Choice)
Future unclear for Obamacare (9/6/2018, My Twin Tiers)
As Catholic Hospitals Expand, So Do Limits on Some Procedures (8/10/2018, New York Times)
Letter: New York must help immigrants (8/5/2018, Troy Record)
Letter: Medicare Advantage Perks (7/29/2018, New York Times)
Consumers need a say when health care changes (7/1/2018, Times Union)
Aging HIV Population Confronts High Drug Costs, Taxes Medicare (6/28/2018, Bloomberg Law)
Letter: Unconscionable proposed changes to Medicare and Medicaid (6/25/2018, Washington Post)
Consumers’ Right to Challenge Health Insurance Rates (6/21/2018, WBAI)
Mt. Sinai’s Plan for Our Community (6/9/2018, WestView News)
N.Y. Consumers Seek State Individual Health Insurance Mandate (6/5/2018, Bloomberg News)
•2017•
14 Last-Minute Tips for Enrollees in The Obamacare Marketplace (12/8/2017)
New York Prepares for Open Enrollment in the age of Trump (11/1/2017, Crainsnewyork.com)
How To Navigate Trump’s Obamacare (10/23/2017, Wnyc.org)
Keeping The American Dream Alive (10/11/2017, HuffPost)
New York’s Republicans Must Resist the Obamacare Repeal and Replace Effort (9/26/2017, City And State)
The GOP’s Real Healthcare Repeal Target is Poor People (7/28/2017, The Village Voice)
Medicaid “Optional” Benefits in Peril (7/10/2017, Public News Service)
Niños de Nueva York podrían verse afectados si se realizan recortes al Medicaid (6/26/2017, Univision Nueva York)
Local Impact of Senate Health Care Bill (6/26/2017, NBC New York)
City shuttering health care access program for immigrants (6/25/2017, Politico New York)
Senate Healthcare Bill Makes Major Cuts to Medicaid (6/23/2017, The Brian Lehrer Show)
New York leaders call Senate health bill ‘inhumane’ and ‘unfair’ (6/23/2017, Crain’s New York)
Rally opposing health care overhaul held in Albany (6/22/2017, News Channel 13 Albany)
New York health insurance companies propose rate increases (6/21/2017, WRVO Public Media)
Community Creates Human Chain of Linked Hands for Day of Action (6/21/2017, Fox 40 WICZ-TV Binghamton)
Public Comment Period Open for New York Health Insurance Rates (6/19/2017, WSKG News)
New actions aim to protect health insurance/Protegiendo el seguro de salud (6/7/2017, Manhattan Times)
Trump’s budget: Medicaid, EPA and more spending cuts that could impact NYC (5/23/2017, AM New York)
Push to Override Medicaid Therapy Visit Cap (5/22/2017, Spectrum News Capital Region)
Town hall’s call: More Beth Israel hospital beds, single-payer plan (5/11/2017, The Villager)
Instan a rechazar el nuevo plan de salud ‘Trumpcare’ (5/7/2017, El Diario)
‘Shame on You’ – Activists Blast Trumpcare and ‘Religious Freedom’ Executive Order (The Observer, 5/4/2017)
Al ritmo de cucharas y cacerolas se manifestaron contra la primera visita de Donald Trump como presidente a Nueva York (5/4/2017, Noticero Univision)
Four Ways Trumpcare Could Affect NY (And Two it Could Affect NJ) (5/4/2017, WNYC News)
New conservative health care proposal would have little impact in New York (4/22/2017, Politifact New York)
Fight Back Bay Ridge leaders hope town hall is springboard (4/21/2017, The Brooklyn Eagle)
Donovan constituents come together at community-organized town hall (4/20/2017, Brooklyn Reporter)
Obamacare Still in Play, NY Could Lose a Lot (4/13/2017, Public News Service)
Faso defends Medicaid reform amendment (4/12/2017, Albany Times Herald-Record)
Faso on health care reform, Syria, North Korea (4/11/2017, The Daily Gazette)
Insurers confront the new normal in health care: uncertainty (4/4/2017, Crain’s New York Business)
‘Obamacare is the Law of the Land’ After Trump Yanks Health Care Bill (3/24/2017, DNA Info)
‘Keep Kids Covered’ forum addresses children’s health care (3/22/2017, Staten Island Real-Time News)
Oscar Was Tech’s Answer to Health Insurance – Will Trump Destroy It, or Was It Already Doomed? (3/17/2017, GQ)
Quadriplegic mom fears for future under GOP health care plan (3/16/2017, New York Daily News)
Health Care or Wealth Care? 24 Million to Lose Insurance Under GOP Plan While Rich Get Tax Breaks (3/14/2017, Truthout)
Week 8: Can Washington Fix America’s Health Care System? (3/13/2017, WNYC)
Republicans Try Their Hands at an Obamacare Replacement (3/8/2017, The Brian Lehrer Show)
Many States Not Prepared to Regulate Health Plan Networks (3/8/2017, Bloomberg BNA)
N.Y. officials, health experts react to Republican Obamacare replacement (3/7/2017, Albany Times Union)
GOP unveils ‘Obamacare’ replacement (3/6/2017, Fox 5 News)
Concerned Staten Islanders host town hall to discuss future of health care (2/24/2017, Staten Island Live)
Rep. Claudia Tenney reverses decision, agrees to hold town hall meeting (2/23/2017, Syracuse.com)
Concerns over possible repeal of ACA heard at SUNY Geneseo (2/22/2017, Rochester First)
New York doesn’t make health insurers post prices (2/22/2017, Democrat & Chronicle)
ACA repeal vs. N.Y.: Tallying up the harm (2/19/17, New York Daily News)
Older New Yorkers stand to lose in health care debate (2/6/17, The Buffalo News)
How a Catholic Insurer Built a Birth Control Obstacle Course in New York (1/26/2017, Rewire)
Sounding the Alarm on ACA repeal (1/26/2017, Manhattan Times)
Elisabeth Benjamin on ACA (1/20/2017, WCNY Capitol Pressroom)
More than 90 people gather outside Donovan’s office to protest repeal of ACA (1/20/2017, Staten Island Live)
Concerns rise in New York over Republican proposal for high-risk pools (1/18/2017, Politico)
Immigrantes de Nueva York piden proteger y expandir Obamacare (1/18/2017, El Diario)
What Looms for NJ and NY if Obamacare is Repealed (1/6/2017, WNYC News)
Cuomo administration lays out dire impact of Obamacare repeal (1/4/2017, Politico)
A Judge Just Suspended Obamacare’s Transgender Protections – Here’s What That Means (1/4/2017, Buzzfeed News)
•2016•
New York could face budget crunch if Obamacare is repealed (11/9/2016, Politico New York)
NY Might Get More Transparency in Health Care Prices (11/2/2016, WSKG News)
Insurance Startup Reevaluates the Merits of Obamacare (9/15/2016, The Brian Lehrer Show)
N.Y. Decision Imminent on 2017 Health Plan Premium Increase Requests (8/8/2016, Bloomberg BNA Health Care Policy Report)
New York state health insurance rates to rise nearly 17% (8/5/2016, Daily News)
Connecting Immigrants to Health Care Coverage (6/29/2016, Health Affairs Blog)
WCA merger application to be considered Thursday (6/8/2016, Buffalo Business First)
Advocates push for contraception coverage bill in the Senate (5/24/2016, POLITICO New York)
30 things to know about balance billing (5/11/2016, Becker’s Hospital Review)
Calling for state action, advocates highlight immigrant health care dilemma (3/1/2016, POLITICO New York)
Coalition moves to expand Obamacare to undocumented immigrants (2/22/2016, Crain’s New York Business)
Advocates Push NY State for Health Care for Undocumented Immigrants (2/10/2016, Public News Service)
N.Y., Minn. Opt for Low-Cost Plans to Help Some Residents Afford Coverage (2/2/2016, Kaiser Health News)
New report offers options for insuring undocumented immigrants (1/29/2016, POLITICO New York)
Latinos son los neoyorquinos con menos acceso a seguro médico (1/29/2016, El Diario)
•2015•
Number of uninsured New Yorkers is higher in Sunnyside, Woodside, report says (11/10/2015, AM New York)
It’s Year Three For Obamacare (11/5/2015, The Brian Lehrer Show)
Report demands increase diversity in specialized high schools (11/5/2015, NY Amsterdam News)
In New De Blasio Heath Care Plan, Limited Coverage for Undocumented Immigrants (11/3/2015, Gotham Gazette)
In Year 3, many hit with Obamacare sticker shock (11/1/2015, CBS News)
State offers new plan for third year of Obamacare, seek takers (10/30/2015, POLITICO New York)
A More Affordable Health Plan for Working Families (10/29/2015, PNS)
ACA Sparks Big Reduction in Uninsured Children in New York State (10/29/2015, PNS)
Undocumented Uninsured (10/13/2015, BRIC TV)
NY: anuncian nuevo plan de salud (10/9/2015, Telemundo)
Mayor de Blasio Announces Plan to Improve Immigrant Access to Health Care Services (10/8/2015, City of New York)
Mayor’s Initiative Could Boost Immigrant Health-Care Access (10/1/2015, Wall Street Journal)
Presentan plan de salud para indocumentados en Nueva York (10/1/2015, El Diario)
New year means new slogan for state’s insurance exchange (9/28/2015, POLITICO)
Census: Nearly 15 percent of Americans living in poverty (9/22/2015, isurfpaducah)
Census Numbers Show a Drop in Uninsured New Yorkers (7/17/2015, WXXI News)
Fewer Rochesterians uninsured (9/17/2015, Democrat & Chronicle)
State Medicaid care initiative failing to launch (8/27/2015, POLITICO Pro)
POLITICO New York Health Care: Mapping Obamacare enrollment by insurer; Montefiore ACO performs well (8/26/2015, POLITICO New York Health Care)
With big rate hikes coming, reviews vary state by state (8/21/2015, POLITICO)
Map of Obamacare enrollment by county (8/17/2015, POLITICO)
1.1 million New Yorkers added to roll for Medicaid (7/19/2015, Times Union)
States make laws to protect patients from hidden medical bills (7/15/2015, KPCC)
N.Y. Law Offers Model For Helping Consumers Avoid Surprise Out-Of-Network Charges (7/14/2015, Kaiser Health News)
Consumers advocates blast proposed premium hikes (7/10/2015, Crain’s Health Pulse)
What Will Happen to Obamacare? (6/24/2015, WNYC – The Brian Lehrer Show)
Health Clinic Refuses To Give Undocumented Immigrant A Kidney Transplant From Her Husband (6/18/2015, Think Progress)
Undocumented immigrant denied kidney transplant (6/16/2015, News 12)
Decision Means Mobility for Thousands of New Yorkers (5/29/2015, PNS)
Law Protects Consumers From Surprise Medical Bills (5/2015, New York Able)
The Tangle of Coordinated Health Care (4/13/2015, New York Times)
New Law Protects New Yorkers from Big Surprise Medical Bills (4/3/2015, PNS)
Cuomo administration announces law protecting New York consumers from surprise, out-of-network medical bills goes into effect today (3/31/2015, DFS Press Release)
New York State law protecting consumers from “surprise” medical expenses goes into effect (3/31/2015, Saratogian)
Slow start for ambitious state Medicaid initiative (3/5/2015, Capital New York)
Lobbying by Health Care for All (3/3/2015, Crain’s Health Pulse)
Final Days for New Yorkers to Get 2015 Affordable Health Coverage (2/9/2015, PNS)
LGBT Enrollment Week (1/14/2015, Crain’s Health Pulse)
LGBT Health Insurance Outreach and Enrollment Week in NYC (1/13/2015, Go Magazine)
LGBT Leaders and Electeds Make Final Push for Healthcare Enrollment (1/12/2015, Edge Media Network)
•2014•
Medicaid incluirá servicios para transgéneros de NY (12/17/2014, El Diario)
Senate GOP: Immigration order will cost NY (12/4/2014, Press Connects)
Insurers prepare for Obamacare, round two (12/2/2014, Crain’s New York Business)
Westchester Business Leaders Weigh In On Obamacare One Year Later (12/1/2014, Westchester Magazine)
Obamacare Enrollment Is Focus Of Armonk Talk (11/28/2014, Armonk Daily Voice)
Health-care maze remains for undocumented immigrants (11/25/2014, CNBC)
Obama’s immigration overhaul could cost state millions in health care (11/22/2014, New York Daily News)
Immigration order could have big impact on N.Y. Medicaid (11/20/2014, Capital New York)
Advocates seek immigrant enrollment in health plans (11/18/2014, Newsday)
Insuring NY’s Last Million (11/17/2014, WNYC)
Test Your Metal: Selecting health care coverage in New York’s insurance exchange (11/17/2014, New York Daily News)
Freelancers Union pairs with Empire Blue Cross to offer health insurance plans (11/17/2014, New York Daily News)
Obamacare open enrollment period: What you need to know (11/17/2014, New York Daily News)
Hospital-Bill Sucker Punch (11/15/2014, Bottom Line Publications)
Urgen a inmigrantes hispanos a inscribirse en Obamacare (11/13/2014, Noticia)
A New Yorker’s Guide to Enrolling in Obamacare for 2015 (11/12/2014, New York Magazine)
Entienda la Reforma de Salud y cómo beneficia a inmigrantes (11/11/2014, Queens Latino)
Arranca Nuevo period de inscripcion para Obamacare (11/5/2014, El Diario)
Pushing Obamacare (10/23/2014, Crain’s Health Pulse)
What’s next for Obamacare in New York (9/29/2014, Capital New York)
Rise Of Catholic Insurance Plans Raises Questions About Contraceptive Coverage (9/17/2014, Kaiser Health News)
Report: Fidelis Care doesn’t allow Planned Parenthood as provider (9/17/2014, Capital Pro)
State cuts 2015 ‘Obamacare’ rate hikes by more than 50 percent (9/4/2014, Syracuse)
New York State Gives Health Insurers Average Rate Rise of 5.7% (9/4/2014, New York Times)
Health insurers look for big rate increases in 2015 from state regulators (7/3/2014, NY Daily News)
Obamacare Insurer Eyeing Big Price Hike In 2015 (7/3/2014, Gothamist)
New script for health care: Choices expanding beyond hospitals (6/29/2014, Utica OD)
Exchange Outreach (6/27/2014, Crain’s Health Pulse)
New York Insurance Rate Review Process More Transparent Than Other States (6/18/2014, WXXI News)
Rangel Answers Healthcare Questions In Twitter Townhall (4/28/2014, Insurance News Net)
New York’s Patient Protections May Be National Model (4/15/2014, Governing)
In New York, Hard Choices on Health Exchange Spell Success (4/13/2014, New York Times)
Budget Trifecta (4/9/2014, Crain’s Health Pulse)
Surprise Medical Bills Lead to Protection Laws: Health (4/4/2014, Bloomberg Businessweek)
NYS of Relief (4/2/2014, Crain’s Health Pulse)
New York Curbs Medical Bills Containing Surprises (3/30/2014, New York Times)
Out-of-Network Lobbying (3/25/2014, Crain’s Health Pulse)
Cuomo administration pushes for out-of-network billing protection (3/25/2014, Legislative Gazette)
Preventing surprise medical bills (3/24/2014, Times Union)
Lawsky: ‘Very active’ talks to end surprise medical bills (3/24/2014, Capital Pro)
Lobbying the Senate on ACA (3/21/2014, Crain’s Health Pulse)
2015 Enrollment Extended (3/6/2014, Crain’s Health Pulse)
Non-network option may return in 2015 (3/5/2014, Crain’s Health Pulse)
Health care push at Capitol (3/4/2014, Times Union)
Community Corner: Bob Cohen, Citizen Action Of New York And Public Policy And Education Fund (3/1/2014, WAMC)
Plans to Expand Insurance Coverage (2/20/2014, Crain’s Health Pulse)
Capital Health Care: LICH supporters split; state denies Visiting Nurse Services (2/19/2014, Capital New York)
Who will help the newly insured? (2/18/2014, POLITICO)
Cuomo’s budget plan adds ‘basic health option’ (1/30/2014, Capital New York)
New York may add health insurance option for people too poor to afford Obamacare (1/29/2014, Syracuse)
Juggling act, state budget style (1/26/2014, Times Union)
Capital Health Care: ‘Two midnight’ to court; MetroPlus doing well (1/24/2014, Capital Pro)
Gov. Cuomo’s health care budget (1/22/2014, Crain’s Health Pulse)
Cuomo proposes medical billing change (1/22/2014, WSJ)
New York state legislation calls for patient protections in medical bill disputes (1/22/2014, Daily Freeman News)
Is Affordable Care Act really affordable for all? (1/14/2015, USA Today)
Where’s My Insurance Card? (1/10/2014, WNYC)
•2013•
Curtain Rises Wednesday on ‘Obamacare’ (12/31/2013, Philly)
New health law keeps LI firms, families busy (12/21/2013, Newsday)
Obamacare Bars Illegal Immigrants – and Sticks Hospitals With the Bill (12/18/2013, The Atlantic)
fordable Care Act Resources In Westchester: How To Get Enrolled (12/13/2013, The Bedford Daily Voice)
Your Daily News Guide to Obamacare: Shopping for the perfect plan (12/8/2013, NY Daily News)
New York’s health exchange one of few Obamacare success stories (12/1/2013, NY Daily News)
Affordable health care is here; this is what you need to know (11/13/2013, NY Daily News)
Health Exchange: A One-Month Checkup (11/2/2013, New York Times)
So You Found An Exchange Plan. But Can You Find A Provider? (11/2/2013, NPR)
NY says its health exchange unaffected by federal problems so far (11/1/2013, WRVO Public Media)
Obstructing Obamacare’s Navigators (11/1/2013, The New Yorker)
Website Problems Delay Health Exchange Enrollments in NY (10/2/2013, Epoch Times)
Guest Columnist: Knowing the details can help you navigate insurance exchanges (9/30/2013, Times Herald-Record)
Your guide to Obamacare: How to size up health plans with the online exchange (9/30/2013, NY Daily News)
10 Essential Tips for Getting Coverage Under the Affordable Care Act (9/30/2013, DNAinfo)
Your guide to Obamacare: Affordable Care Act to open Oct. 1 (9/30/2013, Daily News)
High expectations for state insurance exchange (9/30/2013, Crain’s New York Business)
Affordable care? Well, it depends (9/28/2013, Times Union)
‘Affordable Care’ or a Rip-Off? (9/28/2013, New York Times Sunday Review)
New York’s health benefit exchange: lots of questions, some answers (9/28/2013, Newsday)
NY1 Online: Experts Offer Guidance For New Health Exchange (9/27/2013, NY1)
Decoding Obamacare: A Guide to New Healthcare Marketplaces Designed to Help 48 Million Uninsured (9/27/2013, Democracy Now)
‘Navigators’ will help Central New Yorkers understand Obamacare when exchange opens Oct. 1 (9/25/2013, Syracuse)
Five Things You Should Know about Obamacare and Immigrants (9/25/2013, Reporting NYC)
The State of Affordable Health Insurance in New York (9/25/2013, Metrofocus)
How to tell if Obamacare works (9/24/2013, NY Daily News OP-ED)
Westchester Business Council To Host Health Care Forum (9/22/2013, Mount Vernon Daily Voice)
Opting Out Of Affordable Care Act Will Cost You, Experts Say (9/17/2013, NY1)
Financial Aid Subsidies May Help Families Large Cost Of Health Care (9/17/2013, NY1)
Understanding The Affordable Care Act: New York’s Online Exchanges (9/17/2013, CBS New York)
Experts to explain state’s new health insurance exchange (9/16/2013, Syracuse)
Advocates are launching an LGBT-specific Obamacare campaign. Here’s why. (9/12/2013, Washington Post)
Four health-care reform sessions planned this month (9/5/2013, The Buffalo News)
Complex Personal Issues May Cloud Decisions About Buying Insurance (9/3/2013, Kaiser Health News)
With Health Exchanges Opening Soon, Consumers Start To Focus (9/3/2013, NPR)
New era in health plans (8/18/2013, Albany Times Union)
Union that sells health insurance to workers without benefits now offers state’s lowest rates to others (8/11/2013, Syracuse, Post-Standard)
Making the most of health exchanges (8/9/2013, Market Watch)
Univision Obamacare Deal Could Put WellPoint, Blues Ahead of Competitors (8/2/2013, Kaiser Health News)
Amid Political Fight, Confusion and Fear About New York’s Health Exchange (8/2/2013, New York Times)
Voter Registration a Mandated Part of Health Exchanges (7/30/2013, WAMC)
Why many states won’t see N.Y.–sized savings under Obamacare (7/17/2013, Marketplace)
What New York Tells Us About Obamacare and the GOP’s Proposal (7/17/2013, The Atlantic Wire)
New York Says Obamacare Is Going to Cut Rates in Half for People Who Buy Their Own Insurance (7/17/2013, Mother Jones)
Man battles health insurer for drug that could save his life (7/16/2013, TODAY)
Health Plan Cost for New Yorkers Set to Fall 50% (7/16/2013, New York Times)
Health Insurance Within Reach (7/15/2013, New York Times)
Health exchange aims to raise visibility, win 1 million enrollees (7/14/2013, Crain’s New York Business)
Going private: Employers see benefits in choice of insurance exchanges (6/29/2013, Modern Healthcare)
New Campaign Helps LGBT New Yorkers Access Health Care (6/27/2013, EDGE on the Net)
Uninsured LGBT New Yorkers will soon have affordable insurance options (6/24/2013, Syracuse Post-Standard)
Obamacare to give LGBT New Yorkers more options (6/21/2013, Crain’s New York Business)
New York Insurance Exchange Will Address LGBT Health Disparities (6/21/2013, Think Progress)
Some States Will Make It Easier To Get Insurance Answers (6/18/2013, NPR)
Cuomo seeks ‘surprise billing’ Rx (6/10/2013, Times Union)
State-run Affordable Care Act health coverage program in works (6/9/2013, Newsday)
With Just Months To Go, New York State’s Health Benefit Exchange Gears Up For Open Enrollment (6/2013, Health Affairs)
Minnesota forges ahead on Basic Health Plan (5/23/2013, Politico)
Health insurance exchanges info is trickling in (5/21/2013, Democrat and Chronicle)
Westchester/Putnam Access to Health Care Coalition’s Mark Hannay Keeps the County Healthy (5/20/2013, Westchester Magazine)
New York City hospitals lag nation on free and discounted care (5/9/2013, The New York World)
Left with a language barrier to health care (5/4/2013, Times Union)
Filipino Americans value health insurance, rank high in coverage (5/3/2013, The FilAm)
With 2.6M uninsured residents, health insurance cost in New York expected to go down (5/2/2013, The FilAm)
DOH probes more regs for large doc practices (3/25/2013, Crain’s New York Business)
Cuomo Budget: Called “Out of Whack” on Out-of-Network Coverage (3/18/2013, Public News Service)
Letter: Obamacare has its plus sides (3/17/2013, Times Union)
Advocate calls federal reform bad for NY (3/15/2013, Crain’s New York Business)
Budget attacks medical billing (3/13/2013, Crain’s New York Business)
State hires army of humans to drive online health insurance exchange (2/14/2013, The New York World)
NY hopes to add 500,000 residents to Medicaid (2/9/2013, WSJ)
Latest edition: Obamacare Rollout (2/6/2013, CUNY TV: Brian Lehrer)
Report Faults High Fees for Out-of-Network Care (1/31/2013, New York Times)
New Yorkers to save million on health costs (1/7/2013, The Daily Star)
Governor Cuomo Announces Health Insurance Consumers Will Save $500 Million After Cuts in Insurer Rate Requests (1/6/2013, Gov. Cuomo press release)
•2012•
Senate leader casts doubts on health exchange (3/22/12, WXXI News)
Health insurance exchange is facing a federal deadline (1/9/12, The Legislative Gazette)
Report: Health care reform working in New York, but… (1/6/12, Public News Service)
Health care exchange talk continues (1/5/12, The Schenectady Gazette)
A push for a health care exchange in New York (1/5/12, The Elmira Star Gazette)
Health care coalition urges creation of health care exchange ASAP (1/5/12, The Journal News, LoHud.com)
Lawsky: ‘Potential mountain’ of foreclosures (1/5/12, Capitol Confidential)
• 2011 •
7 More Insurers End Objections on Rate Filings (10/28/11, New York Times)
Major NY Health Insurers to Open Rate Hike Data (10/27/11, Wall Street Journal)
NY health firm agrees to disclose data on rates (10/25/11, Associated Press)
Insurer drops fight to keep rate filings from the public (10/25/11, New York Times)
State Trims Excellus Premium Increase and Tells Insurers it is Ending Rate Increase Secrecy (10/25/11, Syracuse Post Standard)
In Seeking Rate Increases in New York, Health Insurers Fight to Keep Secrets (10/12/11, New York Times)
Health Insurers Push Premiums Sharply Higher (9/28/11, New York Times)
Is New York Backtracking on Health Reform? (9/15/11, Metro Focus)
Health Exchange Lags at $38.7 M (9/9/11, Albany Times Union)
Senate Republicans in No Rush on Health Insurance Exchange (09/01/11, Gotham Gazette)
Group objects to rate hikes (8/29/11, Crain’s Health Pulse)
Insurance firms want big hike in premiums (8/29/11, NY Daily News)
Consumers Can Challenge Health Rates (7/13/11, Dunkirk Observer)
Exchange’s offerings raise consumer hopes (6/27/11, Crain’s Health Pulse)
Consensus reached on NY health exchange bill (6/24/11, Crain’s Health Pulse)
Health Law Offers New Options (6/15/11, Dunkirk Observer)
State must act soon to enact law for exchange development, forum told (5/23/11, BNA’s Health Care Policy Report)
Act Now: New York needs a health exchange (05/23/11, Syracuse Post-Standard)
Health insurance exchange forum concluded at MCC (05/19/11, Democrat & Chronicle)
Consumer Advocates to NY: Get it Done. (5/17/11, Politco Pulse)
Health Advocates Push an Insurance Exchange Wish List (5/16/11, Crain’s Health Pulse)
Insurance Dept. plans health insurance public hearing (5/11/11, Rochester Business Journal)
Advocates say NY needs health-exchange legislation ASAP (5/11/11, LoHud.com)
Advocates warn NY lagging behind in transition to health care reform (5/11/11, WNYT.com, Channel 13)
New York needs insurance exchange bill ASAP (5/11/11, Crain’s Health Pulse)
U.S. Health Care Reform’s First Anniversary Celebrated in NY (03/28/11, Legislative Gazette)
Advocates Celebrate Health Reform Anniversary (03/24/11, YNN Buffalo)
Tonko Celebrates Health Care Birthday (03/23/11, Capitol Confidential- Albany Times Union)
Coverage of HCFANY’s ACA 1-year Birthday Celebration at the Legislative Office Building, aired 03/23/11 on CBS 6 in Albany
• 2010 •
Preparing for Health Care Reform (12/16/10, Metroland)
Group Offers State Advice For Insuring All NY’ers (12/06/10, Legislative Gazette)
NY Advocates Want Health Insurance Exchange Standards (12/02/10, WAMC Northeast Public Radio)
Questions Linger About Cuomo Agenda (11/18/10, Wall Street Journal)
More New York Employees Dropping Employer Health Insurance (11/17/10, Newsday)
New Way to Find Affordable Health Coverage in NY (07/01/10, Public News Service)
Federal health care site coming July 1 (6/23/10, USA Today)
‘Prior approval’ of premiums alters health care landscape (6/20/10, Democrat and Chronicle)
HCFANY group Citizen Action Looks to Dispel Myths About Health Care Reform (6/10/10, Fox40 WICZ)
Prior approval passage dismays biz group, elates others (6/9/10, Crain’s Health Pulse)
Lawmakers pass bill that will let state control health insurance rate increases (6/8/10, Syracuse Post Standard)
President Obama’s health care reform may one day help New Yorkers, meanwhile rates soar (5/2/10, Daily News)
New York Offers Costly Lesson on Insurance (4/17/10, NY Times)
Race still an issue, budget report says (4/12/10, Legislative Gazette)
Health Care law changes reimbursement system (4/11/10, Glens Falls Post Star)
This No. 1 nothing to brag about (4/6/10, Albany Times Union)
Nowhere to Hyde (4/1/10, The Nation) HCFANY member Lois Uttley of Raising Women’s Voices in a discussion on
HCFANY’s prior approval ad in the Legislative Gazette
• 2009 •
What Report?(7/21/09, Crains Health Pulse)
Bill allows parents to extend group health insurance to their 19-to-29 year old children (7/20/09, Syracuse Post Standard)
Senate Turmoil Undermines Bills (6/25/09, Crains Health Pulse)