Posted April, 3 2018 by Taylor Frazier
HCFANY worked hard this year on a series of important priorities during this budget session. Governor Cuomo’s statement on the final enacted budget can be found here. Here is a quick summary of how consumers fared: Full funding for Community Health Advocates (CHA) HCFANY Recommendation: Provide $4.75 million in funding for CHA to help people […]
Posted March, 5 2018 by Taylor Frazier
Guest post by Ben Anderson, Director of Health Policy at Children’s Defense Fund – New York. On February 5, 2018, Children’s Defense Fund – New York (CDFNY) released a new report related to the health needs of and services available to displaced students—namely homeless children and unaccompanied immigration children. The report included survey results from […]
Posted January, 8 2018 by Taylor Frazier
Join HCFANY for our upcoming annual winter meeting this Thursday, January 11 from 10:30 AM to 3:30 PM at the First Unitarian Universalist Society of Albany, 405 Washington Avenue, Albany, NY 12206. Please register here. Highlights will include: Keynote address by Ron Deutsch, Executive Director of the Fiscal Policy Institute on tax reform and its implications for […]
Posted January, 2 2018 by Taylor Frazier
If you haven’t enrolled in health insurance for 2018 yet, there is still time. Open enrollment in New York continues on the New York State of Health Marketplace through Wednesday, January 31, 2018. Sign up by January 15 for coverage that begins February 1. Sign up by January 31 for coverage that begins March 1. […]