Posted January, 14 2009 by arianne
This week–as early as today–Congress is gearing up to renew and expand the State Child Health Insurance Program (SCHIP). Under the bill, SCHIP would provide funding to cover 10 million children, four million more than the current bill. This SCHIP vote is especially important for states like New York, which currently must use state-only dollars to […]
Posted January, 9 2009 by arianne
A new report released today by Families USA-Squeezed, Caught between Unemployment Benefit and Health Care Costs-shows that to maintain employer-based health coverage under COBRA most unemployed people would have to devote an unrealistically high proportion of their incomes to health insurance. New Yorkers who lose their jobs, like most American workers, find it difficult if […]
Posted January, 7 2009 by arianne
Today Governor Paterson proposed to extend a COBRA-like insurance benefit to young people up to the age of 29 through the parent’s policies. HCFANY had supported this concept thus far. However, the poison pill in the Governor’s version of our proposal seeks to “age rate” these young people, a dangerous move for New York’s health insurance […]
Posted January, 6 2009 by arianne
The Watertown Daily News reported today that the New York State Health Foundation awarded a half-million dollar grant to Agri-Services Agency, a subsidiary of Dairylea Cooperative Inc., to help farmers and agribusiness owners obtain health insurance in rural New York. Rising health care costs are felt acutely in New York State’s rural communities. The project […]