Posted May, 23 2017 by Amanda Dunker
The first budget proposed by President Trump adds over $600 billion in cuts to Medicaid to the $880 billion included in the American Health Care Act. This would cut the program in half. The budget also cuts the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP), insurance for kids who do not qualify for Medicaid but cannot afford […]
Posted May, 19 2017 by Amanda Dunker
New York’s Attorney General joined 15 others yesterday in taking legal action to protect a part of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) called cost-sharing reductions (CSRs).Cost-sharing reductions (CSRs) help low- and moderate-income people manage high out-of-pocket costs, such as high deductibles or co-payments. Around 730,000 New Yorkers are benefiting from CSRs this year, either because […]
Posted May, 17 2017 by Amanda Dunker
Over 3.6 million New Yorkers signed up for health insurance this year using the New York State of Health (NYSOH), the insurance marketplace created by the Affordable Care Act (ACA). This represents 18 percent of everyone in the state, and is nearly 800,000 more people than last year. Since NYSOH opened in 2013, the state’s […]
Posted May, 9 2017 by Taylor Frazier
Last Thursday, the House of Representatives passed the American Health Care Act (AHCA). If the AHCA were to become law, 2.7 New Yorkers would lose their health insurance, Medicaid would be cut by more than $800 billion, and protections for people with pre-existing conditions would be severely weakened. Seven of New York State’s nine Republican […]