Posted January, 8 2010 by arianne
Last night over 100 people attended a panel ‘teach-in’ to discuss how to fix problems in the current health reform legislation. Even if you missed the event you can get information on these key issues here: See a New York family budget under health reform here. See what affordability really means in New York here. […]
Posted January, 6 2010 by arianne
Today Governor Paterson delivered his State of the State. You can read the speech and watch it here.
Posted January, 6 2010 by arianne
Almost 400,000 New York children currently enrolled in Child Health Plus (CHP), New York’s Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP), would end up paying more for health coverage under the new health exchange proposed in federal health care reform. The House bill would eliminate CHIP in 2013 and the Senate proposes to eliminate it in 2015, […]
Posted January, 6 2010 by arianne
For people with serious illness and disabilities, “Cadillac” health plans are the dependable “cars” they need. Rather than tax millionaires to help finance health care reform, as the House bill does, Senate health reform legislation taxes comprehensive group health policies, called “Cadillac” plans. To avoid the tax, recent surveys of employers tell us that 87 […]