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Put on your thinking caps! New HCFANY webinar next week!

Posted July, 19 2012 by arianne

Are you still feeling confused about the recent Supreme Court Decision on the Affordable Care Act (ACA)? Still wondering what this means for New York? Well,  you’re in luck! HCFANY will be hosting a webinar next Wednesday, July 25th at noon to update our members and fellow stakeholders on the Supreme Court decision. Join in to find out what the […]

We want to hear from you!

Posted July, 18 2012 by arianne

Now that the celebrations are winding down from last months Supreme Court decision to uphold the health reform law (see above video), it’s time to get down to the nitty-gritty of ACA implementation. New York has pretty much been moving full steam ahead for the past year or so [you can always check and see […]

Women, we can (and will) do better.

Posted July, 16 2012 by arianne

A new Commonwealth Fund report released last Friday shows that American women are more likely to go without needed health care because of cost and have a harder time paying for medical bills than women in 10 other countries with unversal health care systems in place. These countries included Germany, the United Kingdom, France, Canada, Sweden, […]

It’s funny because it’s true.

Posted July, 13 2012 by arianne

With Wednesday’s repeat vote by the U.S. House of Representatives to repeal the Affordable Care Act (yawn) despite its growing public popularity and so closely following the Supreme Court’s decision to largely uphold the law, it is becoming abundantly clear that the real issue here is not constitutionality of the law or any moral objections to its lifesaving […]