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Ain’t no mountain high enough…

Posted August, 21 2012 by arianne

http://youtu.be/Xz-UvQYAmbg Health insurance plans are now posting as much as 300-500 pages worth of documents, spreadsheets, actuarial data, and other information on the Department of Financial Services (DFS) website as justification for this year’s proposed premium rate increases. It has been quite the endeavor to sift through all of this and make heads or tails of it, […]

It’s time to weigh in on New York’s "Essential Health Benefits"!

Posted August, 13 2012 by arianne

As part of the ACA, New York State’s Exchange has to select a health insurance benefit package to serve as the State’s “Essential Health Benefits” (EHB).   These will be the core health benefits that will be required to be covered by all (non-grandfathered) health plans sold in New York starting in 2014. According to federal regulations, New York has […]

Exercising our eagle eyes

Posted August, 9 2012 by arianne

If you have been able to take your eyes off of the gripping action of the summer olympics, you may have noticed that the health insurance rate increase applications continue to be posted onto the Department of Financial Services (DFS) website. HCFANY has been working diligently to comb through the rate increase requests and accompanying documents, […]