Posted December, 14 2021 by Amanda Dunker
Women are still struggling with surprise bills and making decisions about health care in the absence of meaningful price information, according to a focus group held by HCFANY. Several focus group participants described surprise bills as a big problem: Three described bills that should have been prevented by New York’s Surprise Bill Law. Some received […]
Posted December, 1 2021 by Amanda Dunker
Transgender people across the country face discrimination and other barriers to care which can make it difficult to achieve their health care goals. These barriers are there for New Yorkers, too, and came up during a HCFANY-led focus group looking into how LGBTQ+ New Yorkers are affected by medical debt. Participants described high medical bills […]
Posted November, 1 2021 by Amanda Dunker
Over a decade ago, New York State enacted Manny’s Law, which required New York’s non-profit hospitals to provide hospital financial assistance to low-income patients. The law is named after Manny Lanza, a young New Yorker with a brain condition who died after being precipitously discharged from a hospital because he was uninsured. Under Manny’s Law, […]
Posted October, 20 2021 by Amanda Dunker
A state Workgroup investigating ways to simplify administrative processes around health care recommended a number of policy changes that could make life easier for patients. The Health Care Administrative Simplification Workgroup was created in the FY20-21 enacted budget and submitted its final report to the Legislature a few weeks ago. Several of the Workgroup’s recommendations […]