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So…why should I think that health reform is bad?

Posted March, 1 2012 by arianne

A few weeks ago I noted that the healthcare stories that make it into the media are always in favor of health reform.  But, it turns out I was wrong! Perhaps someone at the conservative think-tank Heritage Foundation read my post, because they have now recently come out with their own series of anti-“Obamacare” consumer […]

Say it ain’t so!

Posted February, 28 2012 by arianne

Yesterday, the NYS Senate released a letter written by Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos (R) responding to Senate Minority Leader John Sampson’s (D) request that the Senate bring health insurance exchange legislation on to the floor. Last year, New York’s exchange bill passed in the House, but never came to a vote in the Senate.  At the time, Skelos had said […]

Essential health benefits, for NY.

Posted February, 27 2012 by arianne

You may remember some talk about “essential health benefits” (EHBs) under the ACA back in October when the Institute of Medecine released its recommendationsto the US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS).   At that point, it was still unclear what HHS was going to come back with. Well, in December HHS released a bulletin outlining what it […]

Getting friends with benefits is now as easy as 1-2-3!

Posted February, 23 2012 by arianne

Made you blush? Good.  That’s the idea behind the Young Invincibles‘ attention-getting “Friends with Benefits” headline, which marked the release of a new toolkit designed to help young adults get informed about health insurance coverage and benefits. The new toolkit is available at www.gettingcovered.org and allows folks to download a series of one-pagers on different topics that […]