Posted January, 12 2012 by arianne
Yesterday, we learned that a group of over 450 legislators from all 50 states (and Washington D.C.) have joined together to file what’s called an amicus brief with the U.S. Supreme Court supporting the constitutionality of the Affordable Care Act. An amicus brief is basically a written legal opinion which is submitted to the court in response to a case. […]
Posted January, 10 2012 by arianne
They say you can lead a horse to water, but you can’t make it drink. Well, what if instead of water you lead it to a giant chocolate-peanut butter-banana milkshake? Would that change things? Jonathan Gruber thinks so! He has written a new graphic novel (you know, like a comic strip, but longer) on – […]
Posted January, 5 2012 by arianne
This morning, HCFANY members held a press conference in Albany to release two new reports that we’ve put together to highlight just how New Yorkers are being helped by the Affordable Care Act (ACA). Click here to read the press release. See, it turns out that a lot of people out there actually think that the […]
Posted January, 4 2012 by arianne
Oh yes he did! The exchange did indeed make it into Governor Cuomo’s State of the State address (his official speech anyways, not the abridged version he actually said), which is great news for New Yorkers. To quote from his speech book: “When the Exchange is implemented, more than 1 million New Yorkers will gain health coverage and […]