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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 […]

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Comments: HCFANY Comments on the Pre-Existing Insurance Plan under PPACA

Posted September 27, 2010 by Amanda

HCFANY writes to comment on the interim final rules for the pre-existing condition insurance plan (PCIP) program. We have three recommendations for making these rules stronger, through changes to regulation language concerning: the requirement that consumers be without creditable coverage for six months before applying to a PCIP; the restrictions on coverage of abortion services; […]

Issue Brief: HCFANY Evaluation of UnitedHealth Reform Proposal

Posted December 7, 2009 by Amanda

In October 2007, the UnitedHealth Group issued a proposal to reform New York’s direct-pay and small-group markets. The direct-pay market is individual insurance coverage. The goal of the UnitedHealth proposal is to address the “death spiral” (see box below) or decline in enrollment. UnitedHealth attributes this decline to a lack of product flexibility, inadequate stop-loss pool […]