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The health of 8 million children

Posted July, 18 2014 by Amanda

The Alliance for Health Reform and Kaiser Family Foundation held a briefing on Monday about the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP). CHIP provides quality health coverage for over 8 million kids – including nearly 500,000 in New York under Child Health Plus. The Program was extended in the ACA through 2019, but unfortunately funding for the program […]

New Report Recommends Ways to Address Health Care Disparities

Posted July, 14 2014 by Amanda

Guest post: Bob Cohen, Policy Director, Citizen Action of New York/Public Policy and Education Fund; Theo Oshiro, Deputy Director, Make the Road New York New York took a big leap forward in enrolling nearly a million New Yorkers in health coverage during the first open enrollment period under the ACA that ended in March, but […]

It’s all about the green

Posted June, 24 2014 by Amanda

Guest post by Yao He, Master’s Student in Public Health, Columbia University Do high premiums discourage enrollment? Or, is a premium of any size a deterrent when it comes to seeking health insurance? How does cost-sharing (deductibles, co-insurance, etc.) play into whether people get the health care services they need? Does income level matter? The […]

Momentum building around access to care in the transgender community: Part 2

Posted June, 18 2014 by Amanda

Guest post by Milo Primeaux, Health Counselor at Community Service Society of NY and HCFANY LGBT Task Force Member This post continues our two-part blog about recent changes at the state and federal levels that will improve access to health care for the transgender community. In Part I, we looked at how a recent change to […]