Comments on the 2023 Individual Market Rate Requests

Posted July 1, 2022 by Amanda Dunker

HCFANY submitted the following comments on the 2023 rate requests to the Department of Financial Services. Comments on the individual market in general are below, and comments on the carriers’ specific requests are available under “Downloads” at the bottom of the post. New York’s Individual Market For the past two years, New York’s individual market […]

Comments on CDPHP’s 2023 Rate Request

Posted July 1, 2022 by Amanda Dunker

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

Posted March 4, 2022 by Amanda Dunker

Memorandum in Support of S7625/A8441 Patient Medical Debt Protection Act Modernizing the Hospital Financial Assistance Law January 2022 An Act to amend the public health law to protect New Yorkers from unfair debt collection practices by requiring the use of a uniform hospital financial assistance form and policy.   Health Care for All New York […]

End Medical Debt Workshop

Posted February 18, 2022 by Amanda Dunker

Download the slides here. Listen to a recording here. NY’s nonprofit hospitals have filed over 4,800 liens against patient’s homes in just two years and our research shows that the patients whose wages are being garnished are low-wage workers, who work retail and service jobs. Medical debt disproportionately affects people of color in many counties throughout […]