Posted January, 27 2010 by arianne
A new report by Community Catalyst, Building on the Foundation: Consumer Advocacy’s Role in Successful Health Care Reform, looks at how advocacy efforts–such as HCFANY–have influenced the federal health care reform. Advocates have raised their voices to make sure that legislation makes health insurance more affordable, provides greater consumer protections in the health insurance market, […]
Posted January, 26 2010 by arianne
On January 19 Governor Paterson released the Executive Budget, with cuts/saving in the health area totaling $1.9 billion. Medicaid Matters of NY has provided an overview–Read it here. The Children’s Defense Fund of New York–a HCFANY member–has done an analysis of the how the budget affects children: Click here to read the the summary of […]
Posted January, 25 2010 by arianne
New Yorkers know there is too much at state to let health care reform pass us by: In the past year, one in three New Yorkers say they, or someone in their family, has not received or postponed medical care or filled a prescription because of lack of money or insurance. Between 1999 and 2008, […]
Posted January, 20 2010 by arianne
The election of Scott Brown was not a referendum on health care reform. When it comes to the need to make good health care affordable, nothing is different today than it was yesterday. We need health care reform to ensure that the 47 million uninsured Americans–2.2 million adults in New York–have access to quality, affordable […]