Posted September, 8 2015 by Hannah Lupien
By Andrew Leonard, Sr. Policy Associate for Health, Housing and Income Security, Children’s Defense Fund – NY Starting this November, many low- and moderate-income New Yorkers will be able to enroll in a new comprehensive and affordable health insurance product, known as the Essential Plan. Without a doubt, the New York State of Health […]
Posted August, 6 2015 by Hannah Lupien
By Bob Cohen, Esq., Policy Director of Citizen Action of New York and the Public Policy and Education Fund As we discussed in the first blog post of this series, 2.1 million New Yorkers have enrolled in health coverage through the NY State of Health Marketplace (NYSOH) as of the end of the marketplace’s […]
Posted June, 23 2015 by Hannah Lupien
High rates of un-insurance among lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) people have finally started to drop because of the affordable, nondiscriminatory health coverage options made possible by the Affordable Care Act (ACA). The LGBT uninsured rate fell from 24.2 percent to under 18 percent in the first year of operation of ACA health marketplaces, […]
Posted April, 8 2015 by Amanda
Remember that Special Enrollment Period the NY State of Health Marketplace set up for tax season? From March 1 to the end of this month (April 30), uninsured New Yorkers facing a tax penalty can enroll in health plans through the Marketplace. To get the word out, the New York City health department invested in a month-long television […]