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Fell asleep early last night?

Posted January, 25 2012 by arianne

I’m sure all of you are busy celebrating your State of the Union bingo victories from last night, but anybody who missed last night’s address by President Obama can easily fill themselves in today. You can watch a video of the entire address above, or read the full text by clicking here (via Bloomberg). Noticeably absent from the president’s speech […]

Good times.

Posted January, 24 2012 by arianne

From left: Lorraine Gonzalez, Children’s Defense Fund of NY, Kevin Keogh, Small Business Majority, Jennifer Torres, New York Immigration Coalition, Becca Talzek, Make the Road NY, Heidi Siegfried, New Yorkers for Accessible Health Coverage, Jasmine Burnett, Raising Women’s Voices. HCFANY held a short briefing this morning for coalition members and allies in the NYC area. For […]

Don’t believe everything you read.

Posted January, 20 2012 by arianne

With the idea that all people deserve quality, affordable health care now such a partisan issue in the presidential race, it’s no wonder the media has been flooded with articles, editorials, polls and research on the topic. You could easily read one thing telling you Americans love health reform and then turn around and see another saying Americans hate health reform, with both […]

The Exchange Bill is back!

Posted January, 18 2012 by arianne

As mentioned in the update to yesterday’s post, the proposed budget released yesterday included a new provision to establish a New York health insurance exchange (or “Health Benefit Exchange”).   This was included in the Health and Mental Hygiene Article VII bill. The proposed language in this new iteration of the bill looks in many ways very […]