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Fighting to Keep Child Health Plus Alive

Posted March, 11 2015 by Amanda

Federal funding for the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP) will run out in September 2015 unless Congress agrees to extend it. A failure to do so would undermine children’s health insurance in all 50 states, including New York. A brief background of CHIP and Child Health Plus Created in 1997, CHIP has helped states like New York […]

Start the New Year with the HCFANY Annual Meeting!

Posted December, 31 2014 by Amanda

HCFANY will hold its Annual Winter Meeting in Albany on Friday, January 9 from 10:30 – 3:30pm! You can register here. It’s been an exciting year for quality, affordable health coverage in New York. Last year, HCFANY achieved three big wins for affordable, quality health care: (1) the approval of a Basic Health Program for […]

Medicaid to 26: Reaching out to youth

Posted December, 22 2014 by Amanda

Guest Post: Kari Siddiqui, Policy Analyst, Schuyler Center for Analysis and Advocacy Everyone cheered when the Affordable Care Act (ACA) included a provision allowing young adults to stay on their parents’ health insurance until they turned 26.  An equally important and lesser-known provision extends health insurance coverage to young adults formerly in foster care, who […]

Leveraging Existing Policies and Systems to Serve Hispanic Children in New York State

Posted December, 2 2014 by Amanda

This post is part of a two-part blog series on unaccompanied minors in New York. View the first post here. Last month, the Children’s Defense Fund – New York and the Health Care for All NY coalition presented two webinars on unaccompanied minors and access to health services.  The full recordings and materials for Unaccompanied Minors […]