Posted December, 5 2013 by Amanda
As the lead consumer coalition fighting for quality, affordable health care for all New Yorkers and a supporter of the Affordable Care Act (ObamaCare), HCFANY is working hard to ensure that New York State establishes a Basic Health Program (BHP). A BHP would make health care coverage much more affordable to low-income consumers below 200 […]
Posted December, 3 2013 by Amanda
Another Thanksgiving Day may have passed, but in the health care arena, we still have plenty to be thankful for. Recently, a lot of attention has been focused on individuals with private insurance plans who are receiving cancellation notices, because their plans don’t comply with the protections in the Affordable Care Act. Families USA has […]
Posted November, 21 2013 by Amanda
A new report from Georgetown University’s Center for Children and Families shares the state-by-state change in children’s uninsurance rates between 2010 and 2012, and there’s good news for New Yorkers: we are in the top 5 of states showing reductions in the number of uninsured kids, with over 40,000 fewer uninsured kids within the two […]
Posted November, 18 2013 by Amanda
Guest post by Bob Cohen, Policy Director, Citizen Action of New York Read your daily newspaper, watch cable TV or go on any news site the week of November 11th, and you’re treated to one story after another about the failures of the rollout of the Affordable Care Act. When I typed the words “Obamacare” […]