Posted December, 15 2015 by Hannah Lupien
HCFANY’s Children, Youth, and Families Task Force Invites you to participate in a webinar on: Children and Payment & Delivery System Reform in New York State Friday, December 18th, 2015 11:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. Presentation by: Andrew Leonard, M.P.A. Sr. Health Policy Associate Children’s Defense Fund – New York […]
Posted October, 20 2015 by Hannah Lupien
Guest post: Bob Cohen, Policy Director, Citizen Action of New York Close to 70 health insurance Navigators and representatives of hospitals, unions, health plans and community groups from the Capital District, the upper Hudson Valley and the North Country assembled on October 8th for the area’s third annual Outreach and Enrollment Summit. They shared […]
Posted October, 14 2015 by Hannah Lupien
A report released this week by Kaiser Family Foundation shows that 58% of uninsured New Yorkers are eligible for free or subsidized health coverage. The majority of them – 548,000 people – are eligible but not enrolled in Medicaid. There are several reasons why people who are eligible for Medicaid have not enrolled: some do […]
Posted October, 9 2015 by Hannah Lupien
New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio announced a new plan yesterday to connect the City’s undocumented immigrants with a soon-to-be launched “Direct Access” health care program. The Direct Access program is not insurance coverage, but a network of health care providers with the cultural competency and linguistic diversity to serve New York’s many immigrant […]