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Coverage4All Myths

Posted May 25, 2023 by Amanda Dunker

In 2022, the FY 2023 budget deal resulted in a promise made by Governor Hochul’s Administration to seek federal funding through a 1332 Waiver to expand our Essential Plan program to all New York State residents, including immigrants who are undocumented. In a turnaround, the State’s final FY 2024 proposed budget excludes immigrants from the […]

Testimony on the 2021-2022 State Budget

Posted March 24, 2021 by Amanda Dunker

This testimony was submitted on February 25, 2021. Download a pdf below.   Health Care for All New York (HCFANY) would like to thank the chairs and members of the Assembly Ways and Means and the Senate Finance Committees for providing the public an opportunity to provide our comments on the state budget. HCFANY is […]

Urgent Health Actions For 2021

Posted January 27, 2021 by Amanda Dunker

Coverage Half of New Yorkers say that they cannot afford medical care even with insurance and another 5 percent of New Yorkers, 1 million people, have no coverage at all. New York should enact the New York Health Act (S3577a/A5248a) to cover everyone. RIGHT NOW: Pass S2549/A1585 to ensure that immigrants affected by COVID-19 have […]

HCFANY Legislative Agenda Resources

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

Posted July 24, 2014 by Amanda

Our 2014 agenda to address health disparities includes (1) Targeting outreach and enrollment efforts; (2) supporting consumer assistance programs; (3) improving the “no wrong-door” policy on NY State of Health; (4) addressing disparities based on language; (5) enhancing and enforcing standards for health plans sold through the Marketplace; (6) collecting and disseminating adequate data on […]

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

Posted April 11, 2014 by Amanda

This handy summary from New York’s Department of Financial Services describes the main features of the “Out-of-Network” Legislation included in New York’s 2014-2015 Enacted State Budget (HMH Article VII Bill, Part H). The 2014-2015 Enacted State Budget legislation can be found on the NY Department of Budget website.

Take Action: Enact the Basic Health Program in New York

Posted March 20, 2014 by Amanda

What is the problem?  Thousands of working New Yorkers earn too much to qualify for public health insurance (like Medicaid), but not enough to afford private health plans. Even the financial aid available through NY State of Health (the state’s new health plan marketplace) isn’t quite enough to make health insurance affordable for some lower and […]