Comments on United’s 2024 Rate Requests

Comments on Oscar’s 2024 Rate Requests

Comments on MVP’s 2024 Rate Requests

Comments on Highmark’s 2024 Rate Requests

Comments on HealthPlus’ 2024 Rate Requests

Comments on Healthfirst’s 2024 Rate Requests

Comments on Fidelis’ 2024 Rate Requests

Comments on Excellus’ 2024 Rate Requests

Comments on Emblem’s 2024 Rate Requests

Comments on CDPHP’s 2024 Rate Requests

Comments on MetroPlus’ 2024 Rate Requests

Comments on Independent Health Benefits Corporation’s 2024 Rate Requests

Coverage4All Myths

Comments on the 2023 Individual Market Rate Requests

Memo of Support: Modernizing the Hospital Financial Assistance Law (S7625|A8441)

Issue Brief: Protecting Patients’ Homes & Livelihoods (S6522/A7363) – Q&A

Issue Brief: Modernizing Hospital Financial Assistance (A8441/S7625) – Q&A

Memo of Support: Patient Medical Debt Protection Act (S6522/A7363)

Testimony to the Assembly Standing Committee on Health and Task Force on Women’s Issues Joint Hearing on Access to and Quality of Perinatal Care 

Memo of Support: Repeal the Medicaid Global Cap (A226/S5255)

Testimony to the Assembly Standing Committee on Health Hearing on Medicaid Program Efficiency and Sustainability

Memo of Support: The New York Health Act (A6058/S5474)

Comments on Oscar’s 2022 Rate Request

Comments on CDPHP’s 2022 Rate Request

Comments on Excellus’s 2022 Rate Request

Comments on Fidelis (New York Quality Healthcare Corp)’s 2022 Rate Request

Comments on Emblem’s (HIP) 2022 Rate Request

Comments on Healthfirst PHSP, Inc.’s 2022 Rate Request

Comments on Highmark Western and Northeastern New York (Formerly HealthNow)’s 2022 Rate Request

Comments on IHBC’s 2022 Rate Request

Comments on MetroPlus’s 2022 Rate Request

Comments on MVP Health Plan’s 2022 Rate Request

Comments on UnitedHealthcare of New York’s 2022 Rate Request

Comments on HealthPlus (Formerly Empire)’s 2022 Rate Requests

One Pager: Patient Medical Debt Protection Act (S2521A/A3470A)

Memo of Support: A3470A/S2521A (Patient Medical Debt Protection Act)

Urgent Health Actions For 2021

¡Prohibir Las Tarifas de Centros de Atención Médica!

¡Arreglar La Ley de Facturas Médicas Sorpresa de Nueva York!

Memo of Support: A2986/S5144 (Hospital Closures)

Memo of Support: S1856/A1148 (Hospital Community Advisory Boards)

Memo of Support: A1585/S2549

Comments on HealthPlus’s (Empire’s) 2021 Rate Request

Comments on HealthNow’s 2021 Rate Request

Comments on HealthFirst’s 2021 Rate Request

Comments on Fidelis’s 2021 Rate Request

Comments on Emblem’s 2021 Rate Request

Comments on Excellus’s 2021 Rate Request

Comments on CDPHP’s 2021 Rate Request

Comments on UnitedHealthcare’s 2021 Rate Request

Comments on Oscar’s 2021 Rate Request

Comments on MetroPlus’s 2021 Rate Request

Comments on Independent Health’s 2021 Rate Request

Comments on MVP Health Plan’s 2021 Rate Request

Protección De Deudas Médicas Del Paciente – Promulgar A8639/S6757

Ban Health Care Facility Fees!

Fix New York’s Surprise Medical Bill Law!

2020 Policy Agenda

Testimony on the Executive’s Proposed Health/Medicaid 2020-2021 Budget

Patient Medical Debt Protection Act – Bill Summary

Letter in Support of Stable Pharmacy Formularies, Regulating PBMs

Comments on Independent Health’s 2020 Rate Requests

Comments on HealthPlus/Empire’s 2020 Rate Request

Comments on HealthNow’s 2020 Rate Request

Comments on Healthfirst’s 2020 Rate Request

Comments on CDPHP’s 2020 Rate Request

Comments on Emblem/HIP’s 2020 Rate Request

Comments on Fidelis’ 2020 Rate Request

Comments on United’s 2020 Rate Request

Comments on MetroPlus’ 2020 Rate Request

Comments on Excellus’ 2020 Rate Requests

Comments on Oscar’s Rate Request for 2020

Comments on Proposed Changes to the Federal Poverty Level

Memo of Support: Regulating PBMs

Memo in Opposition: A1778/S3685 and A6211/S3526

Memo of Support: Medication Assisted Treatment

2019 Post-Budget Legislative Agenda

Testimony on the New York Health Act

A. 2970/S. 1705 Require more transparency from Pharmacy Benefit Managers

A. 6677a/S. 5546 Fair Funding for Safety Net Hospitals

A. 3316/S. 1809 Protect New Yorkers with TPS from Losing Health Coverage

A. 4071/S. 870 Add Consumers to the Public Health and Health Planning Council

A880/S1572 Expand Essential Plan Eligibility to Undocumented Immigrants

A. 2969/S. 2849 Requiring Stable Drug Formularies

A. 1148/S. 1856 Hospital Community Advisory Boards

A. 7754/S. 5145: Consumer Assistance Programs

A. 264/S. 3171: Subject Emergency Hospital Charges to Arbitration

Fair Hospital Funding

Health & Hospitals Community Proposal

Testimony on the 2019-2020 Executive Budget

2019 Policy Agenda

Memo of Support A.8781/S. 6940 Prohibiting PBM Gag Clauses

HCFANY 2018-2019 NYS Budget Testimony

HCFANY 2018 Policy Agenda

Fact Sheet: The Future of the Children’s Health Insurance Program

Comments on Proposed Nondiscrimination Rule

Consumer Rate Comment Templates

Letter: New York Coalition Against the American Health Care Act

Fact Sheet: New GOP Health Care Plan Would Hurt People Who Need Health Care Most!

HCFANY Comments on CMS Proposed Rule: PPACA; Market Stabilization

Action Alert: This Valentine’s Day, Tell Your Representatives in Congress to Have a Heart and Save Our Health Care

Letter: HCFANY Comments on Health Insurance Mergers

Comments: HCFANY Comments to HHS on Non-discrimination in Health Programs

HCFANY SHIP Funding Memo of Opposition

HCFANY’s Comments on 2017 Rate Requests

Principles for Consumer-Friendly Payment and Delivery System Reform

HCFANY Memorandum of Support for A.9476 (Gottfried) & S.6948 (Hannon)

HCFANY Statement of Support for A.10054

Memorandum of Support with Modification: S.6667/A.9311 (Health Insurance Guaranty Fund)

Issue Brief: 2016 HCFANY Budget Policy Agenda

Issue Brief: HCFANY 2016 Legislative Policy Agenda

HCFANY Testimony on 2016-2017 NYS Executive Budget

Letter: Strengthening the New York State Physician Profile Program

Undocumented immigrant healthcare initiative with Claudia Calhoon of NYIC

Letter: Comments on New York 2017 Benchmark Plan for Essential Health Benefits

Letters: Rate review comments for 10 health insurance carriers

Issue Brief: Statement of Opposition to Proposed Prior Approval Act

Statement: HCFANY Statement in Support of Child Health Plus

Statement: HCFANY Position Statement on One-House Budget Proposals

Issue Brief: HCFANY 2015 Agenda to Address Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Health

Issue Brief: HCFANY 2015 Legislative Agenda

Testimony: HCFANY Testimony on 2015-2016 NYS Executive Budget for Public Hearing on Health/Medicaid Budget

Fact Sheet: Affordable Care Act–A Giant Step Forward for New Yorkers

Issue Brief: Health Reform in NY–Q&A

Comments: HCFANY Comments on Insurance Appeals and External Reviews under PPACA

Comments: HCFANY Comments on Oscar Insurance Corporation Requested Rate Changes

Comments: HCFANY Comments on MetroPlus Health Plan Requested Rate Changes

Comments: HCFANY Comments on Freelancers Health Service Corporation DBA Health Republic Insurance of New York Requested Rate Changes

Comments: HCFANY Comments on Excellus Health Plan, Inc. Requested Rate Changes

Comments: HCFANY Comments on Empire HealthChoice HMO, Inc. Requested Rate Changes

Comments: HCFANY Comments on Aetna Health, Inc. Requested Rate Changes

Comments: HCFANY Comments on United HealthCare of New York, Inc. Requested Rate Changes

Template Letter: Consumer Comment on Insurance Rate Increase 2014

Bill Summary: Limiting Surprise Out-of-Network (OON) Medical Bills

Take Action: Enact the Basic Health Program in New York

Take Action: Stop Surprise Medical Bills

Testimony: HCFANY Testimony on 2014-2015 Executive Budget for Health/Medicaid Budget Hearing

HCFANY Memo of Support: Out-of-Network Legislation in 2014-2015 Executive Budget

Testimony: HCFANY Testimony for Public Hearing on Implementation of the Affordable Care Act before the Senate Committees on Health and Insurance, January 2012

Issue Brief: HCFANY’s 2013 Affordable Care Act Advocacy Agenda

HCFANY Letter to DFS on Aetna’s Proposed Rate Increases

Advocacy: Letter to Department of Financial Services on Empire Proposed Rate Increases

Advocacy: Letter to Department of Financial Services on HealthNow Proposed Rate Increase

HCFANY Letter to DFS on EmblemHealth Proposed Rare Increases

HCFANY Letter to DFS on Independent Health Proposed Rate Increases

HCFANY Letter to DFS on MVP Proposed Rate Increases

HCFANY Letter to DFS on Excellus Proposed Rate Increases

HCFANY Letter to DFS on Oxford United Proposed Rate Increases

HCFANY Statement: Out-of-Network Billing Legislation

Issue Brief: Fact versus Fiction–NYS Health Insurance Exchange

Advocacy: Responses to Common Misconceptions About Creating a Health Insurance Exchange in NY

Issue Brief: HCFANY 2012 – 2013 Legislative Agenda

Issue Brief: New Yorkers Need Health Exchange Legislation

Issue Brief: HCFANY’s Racial & Ethnic Disparities Task Force

HCFANY Letter to Chairs and Membership of NYS Senate and Assembly Insurance Committees Regarding Recently Filed Insurance Rate Increase Requests

Advocacy: HCFANY on Governance for a Consumer-Friendly New York Health Insurance Exchange

Comments: HCFANY Comments to HHS on Proposed Rulemaking on Insurance Rate Increase & Disclosure Review

Memo: HCFANY Feedback to the Medicaid Redesign Team on the 49 Proposals

Testimony: 2011-2012 New York State Executive Budget

Issue Brief: Exchange Legislation–A Top Priority for New York

Issue Brief: 2011-2012 New York State Executive Budget

Issue Brief: HCFANY 2011 – 2012 Legislative Agenda

Group Letter of Support for Prior Approval of Insurance Rate Increases

Issue Brief: Restore the Government’s Power to Regulate Insurance

HCFANY Memo of Support: Restoring Regulatory Authority to Conduct Prior Approval of Insurance Premium Hikes in Governor Paterson’s Article VII Bill

HCFANY Memo of Opposition: HCFANY Response to Health Insurer Claims About Prior Approval of Health Insurance Rates

Issue Brief: HCFANY 2010 – 2011 Legislative Agenda

Memorandum of Support: A. 9036/S.6030 (Young Adult Bill)

Issue Brief: HCFANY Evaluation of UnitedHealth Reform Proposal

Testimony: HCFANY Testimony Before the Assembly Standing Committee on Insurance on Regulatory Approval of Health Insurance Premium Rates

Testimony: HCFANY Testimony Before the New York City Council on Oversight–Health Insurance Options for Young Adults

Issue Brief: HCFANY’s Reaction to the Governor’s Proposals–New York State Health and Insurance

Issue Brief: HCFANY Evaluation of the Excellus Health Reform Proposal

Issue Brief: HCFANY Evaluation of NY Health Plus Reform Proposal

Publication: New Yorkers Speak Out for Health Reform

Issue Brief: Will Federal Reform Work for NY’s Families?

Press Release: NEW YORK CONSUMERS WILL GET A SAY IN HEALTH INSURANCE RATES

Press Release: CBO Finds 23 Million Will Lose Coverage Under Amended American Health Care Act

Press Release: HCFANY Condemns House Vote in Favor of American Health Care Act

Press Release: Rates Approved for 2017 Premiums

Press release: New York Achieves Big Decline in Number of Uninsured Children

Press Release: HCFANY praises the success of NYSOH and the ACA in new Census data

Press Release: Advocates urge state leaders to keep moving forward on providing health coverage to all New Yorkers

Press Release: Consumer groups say Executive Budget keeps state efforts to expand health coverage on track

Press Release: HCFANY Lauds Cuomo Administration’s Insurance Rate Cuts

Press Release: HCFANY Release on 2014-2015 Enacted State Budget

Press Release: Senate Budget Proposal is a Mixed Bag for Health Care Consumers

Press Release: HCFANY Statement on NYS Assembly One-House Budget Proposal 2014

Press Release: HCFANY Media Release on Governor Cuomo’s 2014-2015 Budget

Press Release: Department of Financial Services to Perform Random Audits of Health Insurer Rate Filings

Press Release: Five More Health Plans Agree to Publicize Rate Information

Press Release: United Healthcare Agrees to Consumer Claims that Rate Information Should Be Made Public

Testimony: HCFANY Testimony Before the New York City Council on Oversight–Health Insurance Options for Young Adults

Fact Sheet: Medicare Coverage and Coronavirus

Issue Brief: Patients Need Clear Hospital Bills – Not the Runaround!

Racial Justice in Health Care: An Agenda for New York

Fact Sheet: The Future of the Children’s Health Insurance Program

Guide to Rate Review, 2018

Fact Sheet: Cost Sharing Reductions: What’s at Stake for New York?

Fact Sheet: New GOP Health Care Plan Would Hurt People Who Need Health Care Most!

How Our Health Care is Changing and Why You Should Get Involved

Weighing in on Health Insurance Rates

How Can New York Provide Health Insurance Coverage to its Uninsured Immigrant Residents?

Issue Brief: Statement of Opposition to Proposed Prior Approval Act

Issue Brief: You can weigh in on next year’s health insurance premiums!

Issue Brief: HCFANY 2015 Agenda to Address Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Health

Issue Brief: HCFANY: Building health reform that’s right for New York

Fact Sheet: Affordable Care Act–A Giant Step Forward for New Yorkers

Issue Brief: Health Reform in NY–Q&A

Issue Brief: HCFANY 2014 Agenda to Address Health Disparities Based on Race and Ethnicity

Issue Brief: Coverage That Works for All New Yorkers

Issue Brief: A Consumer-Friendly Health Insurance Marketplace

Issue Brief: The Basic Health Program: Offering More Affordable Coverage to Low-income New Yorkers

Issue Brief: HCFANY 2014 Affordable Care Act Advocacy Agenda

Issue Brief: Extending New York’s CHP Program to Adults

Issue Brief: Reaching One Million More New Yorkers: A Successful Enrollment Campaign for the Exchange

Issue Brief: HCFANY Agenda to Address Health Disparities

Issue Brief: The Basic Health Plan Option and the Affordable Care Act

Issue Brief: Merging New York’s Individual and Small Group Markets

Issue Brief: Fact versus Fiction–NYS Health Insurance Exchange

Issue Brief: New Yorkers Need Health Exchange Legislation

Issue Brief: HCFANY’s Racial & Ethnic Disparities Task Force

Issue Brief: New York State Insurance Exchange Legislative Update

Issue Brief: Insurance Exchanges–Why New York Needs Active Purchasing

Issue Brief: Exchange Legislation–A Top Priority for New York

Issue Brief: 2011-2012 New York State Executive Budget

Issue Brief: New Yorkers Stand Behind Prior Approval

Issue Brief: Restore the Government’s Power to Regulate Insurance

Issue Brief: Immigrant Inclusion in Federal Health Reform

Issue Brief: What Does Affordability Really Mean for New York’s Working Families?

Issue Brief: Too Many Women Are Going Without the Health Care They Need

Publication: New Yorkers Speak Out for Health Reform

Issue Brief: Will Federal Reform Work for NY’s Families?

Issue Brief: Reform the Hospital Indigent Care Pool

End Medical Debt Workshop

HCFANY Coverage Expansions Workshop

Go Bold: FY23 Budget Briefing for Health Justice Advocates

Annual Winter Meeting 2022 – Slides

Annual Spring Meeting – Slides

Workshop: Coverage Issues in the 2021-22 NYS Budget Process

Workshop: Prescription Drug Affordability

Workshop: Join the fight against unfair medical debt in NY

Workshop: Understanding How State Policies Affect Hospitals in Your Community

Annual Winter Meeting 2021 – Slides

FY22 Budget Briefing for Health Justice Advocates

Presentation: What to Expect for Premiums in 2021 – And How to Impact Them Now

What to Expect for Premiums in 2021 – And How to Impact Them Now

Slash-and-Burn or Big-and-Bold: How Should New York Address Health Care Needs During the Crisis?

Slash-and-Burn or Big-and-Bold: How Should New York Address Health Care Needs During the Crisis?

Budget Briefing for Health Justice Advocates

Webinar: FY21 Budget Briefing for Health Justice Advocates

Webinar: 2019 Budget and Policy Priorities

Presentation: NYS Health Advocates Spring Meeting Advocates Panel

HCFANY 2016 Budget Advocacy Webinar

Undocumented immigrant healthcare initiative with Claudia Calhoon of NYIC

Essential Plan Webinar for Advocates

Presentation: Summary of Presentation on the ACA and Congress in 2015

Presentation: HCFANY 2015 Policy Agenda

Presentation: DSRIP and MEDICAID–Payment Reform and Population Health