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HCFANY Annual Spring Meeting a Success!

Posted May, 20 2009 by arianne

On Tuesday May 19 HCFANY held its annual spring meeting in Albany.  23 member organizations were present to  discuss HCFANY’s position on the four Governor’s bills as well as hear presentations from Troy Oeschner Deputy Secretary for Health Insurance at the NYS Department of Insurance describe the Governor’s ambitious insurance reform bills.  HCFANY supports much of these reform measures, […]

We Want Your Feedback: How can we improve our website?

Posted May, 18 2009 by arianne

In an effort to improve our website and better serve our audience, we are asking our users to take our online survey. This 10 question survey should take about 5 minutes to fill out.  We appreciate all suggestions!

Health Equity in New York's Public Insurance Programs

Posted May, 14 2009 by arianne

A new report,  Promoting Equity and Quality in New York’s Public Insurance Programs,  released by the Community Service Society (CSS) and funded by the New York State Health Foundation urges New York State to promote health equity more aggressively through its popular public insurance programs.  These programs—Child Health Plus, Family Health Plus and Medicaid Managed Care—serve […]

The Crippling Weight of Health Care Costs on NY Families

Posted May, 12 2009 by arianne

A Families USA report released today,  Too Great A Burden: Americans Face Rising Health Care Costs indicates nearly one in four Americans under 65 will spend more than 10% of their family income on health care in 2009. Of these people, 82.6% have health insurance. According to the report, in NY about 3 million insured […]