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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Posted January, 17 2012 by arianne
Governor Cuomo is set to give his budget address today at 2 PM to outline his spending plan for the next year. Expected to be on the agenda, of course, is more on Medicaid.  Some are speculating that he will talk about a state take-over of local county Medicaid expenses. Also expected on the agenda is talk of the […]