HCFANY Blog RSS Feed

Let's talk money, shall we?

Posted March, 10 2011 by arianne

With the Governor’s addition of his 30-day amendements to the proposed Executive Budget last week, the Medicaid Redesign Team’s recommendations have now been converted into actual legislative proposals.  These proposals contain $2.3 billion in cuts to the State’s share of Medicaid spending.  This will translate into sweeping changes  to New York’s Medicaid program – a program that serves as […]

Health care and…me?

Posted March, 7 2011 by arianne

Think anybody out there is still confused about health reform? You betcha! Even hardcore HCFANYers often find themselves scratching their heads over different bits of the new law.  To help out, a group of advocates called the Health Care and You Coalition put together a new consumer-oriented website to provide the public with easy-to-understand information about the […]

NY mourns the passing of former Health Commissioner Dr. Richard Daines

Posted February, 28 2011 by arianne

HCFANY has just learned that Dr. Richard Daines, New York’s Commissioner of Health from 2007-2010, passed away unexpectedly this weekend.  ?Dr. Daines helped to shape many of New York’s large-scale health care reform initiatives, including expansions of public programs, quality improvement initiatives,  investments in information technology, and the Partnership for Coverage process. Prior to his work at the State, Dr. Daines served as a […]

Surprise vote on Medicaid has many advocates crying foul

Posted February, 25 2011 by arianne

Advocates statewide are up in arms this morning about a surprise vote taken  during the Medicaid Redesign Team (MRT) meeting late yesterday afternoon to pass a package of 79 proposals intended to cut costs to the Medicaid program.  This package included many new items that had not been on the original list of 49 proposals which had been given to […]