Posted June, 3 2025 by Will Pan
New York’s individual market insurance carriers have asked the Department of Financial Services to allow them to increase premiums by an average of 13% in 2026. This increase would force New Yorkers to pay an average of $1,291 more annually, or $108 monthly, in premiums. For the next 30 days, starting June 2nd, consumers […]
Posted March, 28 2025 by Will Pan
With the recent release of the Senate and Assembly One-House budgets, HCFANY is excited to see some of our policy agenda items included. However, HCFANY is also disappointed that key proposals to protect and improve health care coverage for many New Yorkers were left out. Read below for HCFANY’s response to the One-House budgets: HCFANY […]
Posted February, 14 2025 by Will Pan
HCFANY is thankful to have the opportunity to testify at the 2025 Joint Legislative Budget Hearing on Health. Our fully detailed written comments are here. The Executive Budget includes many proposals to help protect and enhance New Yorker’s access to affordable health coverage. However, the current federal landscape on health care access is uncertain, as […]
Posted February, 6 2025 by Will Pan
Several federal proposals circulating in Washington could threaten New York’s health care system and local communities. These cuts to essential health care would harm New Yorkers, hospitals, health care providers, insurance companies, and the State’s economy and budget. Around 8.6 million New Yorkers have and rely on publicly funded health insurance and may be affected […]
Posted January, 28 2025 by Will Pan
On January 14th, Governor Hochul delivered her 2025 ‘State of the State’ address. HCFANY commends the Governor for proposing sweeping protections for consumers and patients across the State. Her proposals feature many HCFANY advocacy goals falling under six categories: (1) mental health, (2) reproductive health, (3) chronic health conditions, (4) prescription drugs, (5) dental health, […]
Posted March, 18 2015 by Amanda
Linda Calabrese, a HCFANY Volunteer, talks to a Job Fair Attendee Guest post: Liza Lederer-Plaskett, Community Organizer for Raising Women’s Voices – NY As the second Affordable Care Act enrollment period came to an end, Health Care For All New York outreach staffers and volunteers found ourselves racing to the finish, trying to reach as many uninsured […]
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. […]
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 […]
Posted October, 24 2014 by Amanda
The remaining uninsured have lingering concerns about health insurance affordability, and many are unaware of their state’s Marketplace and upcoming opportunities to enroll. That’s according to a new Robert Wood Johnson Foundation sponsored study about barriers and motivations of the uninsured to enrolling in health insurance during the ACA’s second enrollment period. The study, conducted […]