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Celebrating enrollment progress and the volunteers who help make it happen

Posted April, 25 2014 by Amanda

  Volunteers gather to celebrate success of Get Covered New York   Guest post: Linda Ricci, Co-founder Get Covered New York and MA Student in Health Advocacy, Sarah Lawrence College The first open enrollment deadline for NY State of Health had barely passed when Get Covered New York members, friends and volunteers got together to mark […]

A little bird told me

Posted April, 22 2014 by Amanda

Many of you already follow us on Twitter (@hcfany) to get the latest health care updates in New York State and follow our advocacy efforts. If you don’t already, now is a good time to start! HCFANY is co-hosting a Twitter chat with MomsRising and U.S. Representative Charles Rangel tomorrow. We’ll be talking about healthcare resources […]

A Westchester Family Gets Covered

Posted April, 18 2014 by Amanda

The first open enrollment period for NY State of Health has come to a close, and as of April 16, 960,762 New Yorkers were able to get health care plans through the state marketplace. That means there are nearly one million stories of New Yorkers getting affordable, quality health coverage because of the NY State […]

Putting a Face to our Budgetary Wins

Posted April, 16 2014 by Amanda

Gladys Puglla got caught with large surprise medical bills when she had a medical emergency. The new out-of-network legislation will protect New Yorkers like Gladys in the future!   Guest post: Maryanne Tomazic, Raising Women’s Voices – New York As we wrote last week, the 2014-2015 state budget included major wins for health care consumers […]