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Getting the word out in the Bronx

Posted April, 9 2013 by arianne

From left: Carrie Tracy, Community Service Society, Jaime Torres, Regional Director of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, and Lois Uttley, or Raising Women’s Voices. There are 269,000 uninsured people in the Bronx, and most have no idea there are affordable health insurance options coming in October through the NYS Health Benefit Exchange. To help […]

In case you missed last week’s event…

Posted April, 1 2013 by arianne

Panel (from left): Joanne Bailey, NYC Office of Citywide Health Insurance Access (OCHIA), Sara Rothstein, NYS Health Benefit Exchange, Martine Apodaca, Enroll America, Lois Uttley, Raising Women’s Voices, Dr. Jaime Torres, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Thanks to everyone who came to last week’s HCFANY briefing in NYC –  was a great success and […]

Do YOU understand the new coverage choices under the ACA?

Posted February, 25 2013 by arianne

Thanks to the Affordable Care Act (ACA), more than 1 million uninsured  New Yorkers will newly have access to affordable health insurance options starting this fall.  That’s a lot of folks who will need to wade through a lot of new information in the coming months. HCFANY will be holding a briefing in New York City on […]

The importance of getting the word out

Posted January, 29 2013 by arianne

Implementation of New York’s health benefit Exchange is now well underway, and policymakers are estimating that over one million New Yorkers will enroll in some form of health insurance through the Exchange.  Yet, the vast majority of New Yorkers still don’t understand what the Exchange is or what it will do.  Many others have not […]