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 January, 17 2019 by Amanda Dunker
The proposed executive budget is shockingly silent on health coverage: -Health insurance for immigrants left behind by the ACA: $0 -State premium assistance for people who can’t afford coverage: $0 -Funding to stabilize the high costs of NY’s individual market: $0. Instead, the people get a “commission” of so-called experts. What can a commission tell […]
Posted April, 3 2018 by Taylor Frazier
HCFANY worked hard this year on a series of important priorities during this budget session. Governor Cuomo’s statement on the final enacted budget can be found here. Here is a quick summary of how consumers fared: Full funding for Community Health Advocates (CHA) HCFANY Recommendation: Provide $4.75 million in funding for CHA to help people […]
Posted September, 7 2017 by Taylor Frazier
Guest post by Max Hadler, Senior Health Policy Manager at the New York Immigration Coalition. On Tuesday, September 5, the Trump administration announced that it was terminating the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program in six months. The announcement sets in motion a process to further disrupt the lives of 800,000 individuals who President […]
Posted April, 12 2017 by Taylor Frazier
HCFANY worked hard this year on a series of important priorities during this budget session. Governor Cuomo’s statement on the final enacted budget can be found here. Here is a quick summary of how we did: Full funding for Community Health Advocates (CHA) HCFANY Recommendation: Provide $4.75 million in funding for CHA to help people […]