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

Posted November 10, 2021 by Amanda Dunker

Memorandum in Support of A226/S5255 November 2021 An Act to repeal sections 91 and 92 of part H of chapter 59 of the laws of 2011 relating to the year to year rate of growth of Department of Health state funds and Medicaid funding, relating to the state Medicaid spending cap and related processes. Health […]

Memorandum in Support of S5724A/A6474A, the Fair Consumer Judgment Interest Act

Posted November 2, 2021 by Amanda Dunker

Health Care for All New York (HCFANY) is a statewide coalition of over 170 consumer-focused organizations dedicated to achieving quality, affordable health coverage for all New Yorkers, and ensuring that the concerns of real New Yorkers are heard and reflected in policy conversations. We support S5724A/A6474A, which would protect patients from usurious interest rates when […]

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

Posted November 1, 2021 by Amanda Dunker

November 1, 2021 Health Care for All New York (HCFANY) would like to thank the chairs and members of the Assembly Health Committee for this opportunity to provide our comments on issues affecting Medicaid. HCFANY is a statewide coalition of over 170 organizations dedicated to achieving quality, affordable health coverage for all New Yorkers. My […]

Medicare and Medical Debt

Posted October 1, 2021 by Amanda Dunker

People enrolled in Medicare end up with unaffordable medical bills because of billing errors, inadvertently receiving care that is not covered, and other problems. Consumer assistance programs and protections against unfair medical bills can help. This fact sheet by the Medicare Rights Center describes some of the situations that put Medicare enrollees into debt and […]