Posted March, 20 2009 by arianne
This Sunday, March 22, 2009 from 2-4 PM, the Association of Muslim Health Professionals is holding a health care forum. HCFANY members Elisabeth Benjamin, Director of Health Care Restructuring Initiatives at the Community Service Society; Mark Hannay, Director, Metro New York Health Care For All Campaign; and Elizabeth Swain, CEO of the Community Health Care Association of […]
Posted March, 20 2009 by arianne
Today, Families USA released a fact sheet– “New Yorkers Without Health Insurance“– highlighting that 77.2% of uninsured New Yorkers are part of working families. These findings piggy-back on a earlier report “Americans at Risk: One in Three Uninsured,” which provided a picture of how many Americas did not have health insurance in 2007-2008. A teleconference featuring […]
Posted March, 12 2009 by arianne
Governor Seeks to Offer COBRA Relief to Small Business Employees Governor David A. Paterson submitted a bill to ensure that New Yorkers laid off by small businesses can qualify for federal benefits that pay up to 65% of Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act (COBRA) health insurance premiums. The subsidy, part of the American Recovery and Reinvestment […]
Posted March, 10 2009 by arianne
On March 5, 2009, President Obama opened the White House Health Care Summit with the following statement: “Health care reform is no longer just a moral imperative, it is a fiscal imperative… Our goal will be to enact comprehensive health care reform by the end of this year. That is our commitment. That is our […]