Posted March, 12 2012 by arianne
In a continuation of the Senate’s new tone-deaf campaign to ignore the health insurance needs New York’s small businesses and families, Senate Insurance Chair Seward, dropped a bill today that calls for a study of the studies about whether New York ought to set up a Health Insurance Exchange. Senator Seward apparently lost the memorandum […]
Posted March, 9 2012 by arianne
On February 27, 2012, Senate Majority Leader Skelos (R, Long Island) wrote a letter to Minority Leader Sampson (D, Brooklyn) claiming that Senate Republicans believe it would be “fiscally irresponsible and a disservice to New York taxpayers” to pass the Exchange bill. As my teenage nephew would say: “What a whopper!” As HCFANY outlines in […]
Posted March, 7 2012 by arianne
The AARP today released a statewide poll that found that voters aged 30-64 strongly support the establishment of a NYS Health Insurance Exchange through this year’s State budget. Specifically, they found that: 3 in 5 registered voters in NY age 30-64 support the governor’s plan to create a health insurance exchange. Nearly 2 in 3 respondents indicated that it should be a top or high […]
Posted March, 5 2012 by arianne
Ok folks – it’s make or break time here on New York’s health insurance exchange! The Exchange bill is in New York’s proposed Executive Budget, but there are no guarantees that the State Senate will decide to support New York’s struggling working families and small businesses and pass the bill this time around. So, us […]