NY Medical Debt and Hospital Financial Assistance Know Your Rights
Posted July 31, 2025 by Will Pan
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2026 HCFANY’s Comments on Rate Review
Posted June 25, 2025 by Will Pan
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 […]
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Comments: HCFANY Comments to HHS on Non-discrimination in Health Programs
Posted August 5, 2016 by Taylor Frazier
Weighing in on Health Insurance Rates
Posted June 24, 2016 by Amanda Dunker
Thanks to a strong state law, New York’s Department of Financial Services (DFS) can reduce rate increases proposed by health insurers if they find the proposed rate is “unreasonable,” excessive,” or “unfairly discriminatory.” Consumers, consumer groups, and small businesses can submit comments to challenge rate proposals that they believe are too high. This issue brief describes how. […]
HCFANY SHIP Funding Memo of Opposition
Posted June 23, 2016 by Taylor Frazier
HCFANY strongly opposes the provisions in the Senate Appropriations Committee FY 2017 bill that seek to eliminate funding to State Health Insurance Assistance Programs (SHIPs).
HCFANY’s Comments on 2017 Rate Requests
Posted June 17, 2016 by Amanda Dunker
Every year, HCFANY submits comments to the Department of Financial Services on health insurance carriers’ rate requests. Below are our comments on carriers’ requests for 2017.