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Enrollment through NY State of Health Increases to More Than 3.6 Million

Posted February, 8 2017 by Taylor Frazier

Last week, the NY State of Health (NYSOH), New York’s official health plan Marketplace, announced that more than 3.6 million New Yorkers have enrolled in health coverage through NYSOH. This represents an increase of 28 percent since January 2016. More than 45,000 New Yorkers enrolled in the final two days of the 2017 open enrollment […]

We Stand UNITED: New York City Pre-Inauguration Rally

Posted January, 18 2017 by Taylor Frazier

MoveOn.org has announced a pre-Inauguration rally featuring NYC Mayor Bill de Blasio, Reverend Al Sharpton, Mark Ruffalo, Michael Moore, Shailene Woodley, Rosie Perez, and Alec Baldwin, other elected officials, community organizations, and thousands of New Yorkers who will gather outside of Trump International Hotel & Tower near Columbus Circle at 6:00 pm on Thursday, January […]

CBO Estimates 18 million Would Become Uninsured in First Year of ACA Repeal

Posted January, 18 2017 by Taylor Frazier

A new report from the non-partisan Congressional Budget Office (CBO) shows that 18 million people nationally would become uninsured in 2018. According to the report, the number of uninsured would grow to 27 million after the repeal of Medicaid expansion and the subsidies used to purchase coverage through the Marketplace go into effect. The report […]

HCFANY Annual Winter Meeting

Posted January, 17 2017 by Taylor Frazier

Guest Blog by Mark Hannay, Director, Metro New York Health Care for All Campaign Health Care is Under Attack in Congress! It’s “all hands on deck” BIG time! Join HCFANY at our upcoming annual meeting next Monday, January 23 from 11 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. at 1199 SEIU, 155 Washington Street, in Albany. Please register here. […]