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Gov. Cuomo issues Executive Order for a NYS Health Insurance Exchange!

Posted April, 12 2012 by arianne

He did it!!! Today at noon, Governor Cuomo issued an Executive Order to establish a New York State Health Insurance Exchange (#42). It’s been a long and rocky road in getting this thing established.  And, while this has proved to be a contentious issue in our state legislature, no amount of partisan folly can deny that […]

Tap, tap, tap (look at watch) tap, tap, tap

Posted April, 10 2012 by arianne

Well, it’s been over two weeks since the news broke that Governor Cuomo was planning to issue an Executive Order to establish a New York Health Insurance Exchange, and nearly as long since Senate Republicans publicly stated that they would not oppose this move.  And yet…we’re still waiting. Despite false rumors of a late-night Good Friday/Passover Executive Order & press event last week, […]

So, what exactly are we working with here?

Posted April, 3 2012 by arianne

As we wait with bated breath for any news of Governor Cuomo’s impending Executive Order to establish a NY health insurance Exchange, I thought it might be a good idea to give a quick overview of what sort of timeline New York is working with here.  And, what better way to do so than with […]

Well, it’s complicated.

Posted March, 29 2012 by arianne

Yesterday wrapped up the final day of ACA oral arguments before the Supreme Court and the future of the health reform law still remains unclear. The final day of arguments focused on two main points: Can the individual mandate be separated from the rest of the law, and does the law’s Medicaid expansion put undue […]