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Welcome home, fellow health advocates!

Posted January, 31 2011 by arianne

Those of you who were not part of the hundreds of advocates who flocked to Washington D.C. last week to attend Families USA’s Health Action 2011 conference will be disappointed to learn that you missed a very special guest appearance by President Obama! The President thanked all of  his fellow health care advocates (yes – […]

Put your boots back on – NYC Medicaid hearing has been rescheduled!

Posted January, 28 2011 by arianne

Due to yesterday’s exciting snow storm, the two Medicaid Redesign Team public hearings that were supposed to have taken place yesterday in NYC have been rescheduled for next week.  In lieu of two hearings – one in midtown and one in the Bronx – there will be just one hearing held on Friday, February 4th from 12:00 PM […]

Medicaid Redesign Team in Full Swing

Posted January, 25 2011 by arianne

 The New York State Medicaid Redesign Team, created by Governor Cuomo to conduct a comprehensive examination of New York’s Medicaid system, is now in full force with a series of public hearings currently being held around the state.  The topic of the day will be how to reduce inefficiencies and waste in the Medicaid system while […]

New Report Calls for a Pro-Consumer Health System

Posted January, 20 2011 by arianne

HCFANY member-organization Citizen Action of New York released a new report today which outlines how state implementation of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) can be used to establish a “pro-consumer” health system.   Written by the Public Policy and Education Fund of New York, the report makes numerous recommendations for  implementing the ACA here in New York, focusing on five major areas: […]