Posted July, 11 2008 by arianne
As mentioned before, HCFANY is on record opposing a bad bill that would expand Healthy NY. Today, the American Cancer Society (ACS) issued its own letter urging that Governor Paterson disapprove the Healthy NY insurance bill, A395/S6385. In its letter, ACS stated that Healthy NY’s inadequate drug coverage makes it unpopular among businesses and their employees and offers a false insurance promise […]
Posted July, 10 2008 by arianne
In March, the state finalized a contract with the Urban Institute (UI) to model out various proposals for health insurace reform in order to provide quantitative analyses on the cost and coverage of various proposals. The state has recently publicized the instructions given to the UI in order to guide the modeling process, and has opened them […]
Posted July, 9 2008 by arianne
HCFANY has sent a letter to Governor Paterson urging him to veto A.395/S6385, which would eliminate the anti-crowd out measures in the Healthy New York Statute. The letter explains HCFANY’s concerns in detail, but briefly, we urge this veto for three reasons: The bill encourages small businesses that do not provide coverage and uninsured individuals to sign up for […]
Posted July, 7 2008 by arianne
Tomorrow is the national launch of the Health Care for America Now (HCAN) Campaign. HCAN is a nationwide movement to win the implementation of health care reform that conforms to the Statement of Common Purpose. For the Statement and for more information about this campaign, please see www.healthcareforamericanow.org In coordination with the national launch, member organizations are […]