Posted March, 3 2009 by arianne
Longstanding Medicaid champion, Denise Soffel, has been appointed by New York State Senator Thomas K. Duane (D, WFP-Manhattan), chair of the Senate Health Committee, as Health Committee Executive Director. The Senator also appointed Roger Bearden as Health Committee Counsel. Denise is the leader of Medicaid Matters, a state-wide Medicaid consumer coalition. Denise comes from the National […]
Posted February, 27 2009 by arianne
President Obama has submitted his first budget to Congres. His budget blueprint holds great news for health care reform. The President proposes to create a $635 billion reserve fund as a down payment on health care. The President’s principles-echoing HCFANY’s own 10 Standards– state that health care reform should ensure affordable coverage for all Americans, […]
Posted February, 26 2009 by arianne
The New York State Health Foundation(NYSHF) issued two important reports this week. HCFANY partner organizations, New Yorkers for Accessible Health Coverage and the New York Immigration Coalition‘s report “Analysis of New York State Coverage Expansion Proposals: Potential Impact on Immigrants,” examines how major health insurance expansion proposals will impact immigrants. The report evaluates nine State […]
Posted February, 25 2009 by arianne
A report released yesterday by the Institute of Medicine: America’s Uninsured Crisis- Consequences for Health and Health Care tells the depressing news that the number of uninsured Americans continues to grow. The economy and rising health care costs are resulting in an ever increasing number of Americans losing or dropping their health coverage. Read the HCFANY […]