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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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Posted January 16, 2010 by arianne
Posted January 7, 2010 by Amanda
HCFANY supports A.9036/S.6030, the young adult bill, which seeks to provide a COBRA-like insurance option to young adults in New York. Young adults between the ages of 19 and 29 are twice as likely to be uninsured as other adults. Around 808,000 young adults are uninsured in New York, making up nearly one-third (31%) of […]
Posted June 7, 2009 by Amanda
Health insurance has grown increasingly expensive. In New York, insurance premiums have risen by 81% between 2000 and 2007, compared to only an 11% increase in worker earnings. What would affordable health insurance look like to New York’s working families–and how would it factor into a health reform movement?
Posted April 23, 2009 by Amanda
Arianne Garza, a health policy analyst at the Community Service Society, testifies on behalf of CSS and HCFANY regarding the issue of under-insured young adults.