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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Principles for Consumer-Friendly Payment and Delivery System Reform
Posted June 9, 2016 by carrie
New York State is undertaking several big delivery system reform efforts. These efforts are complex, but could make the health care system work much better for consumers. HCFANY put these principles together to provide a framework for consumer advocacy around delivery system reform.
HCFANY Memorandum of Support for A.9476 (Gottfried) & S.6948 (Hannon)
Posted May 26, 2016 by carrie
HCFANY strongly supports A.9476 (Gottfried) & S.6948 (Hannon), a proposal to establish a hospital supplemental reimbursement rate adjustment for enhanced safety net hospitals.
HCFANY Statement of Support for A.10054
Posted May 25, 2016 by carrie
A.10054 would make some immigrant New Yorkers who are permanently residing in the United States under color of law eligible for the state’s basic health program, the new Essential Plan.
Template: Consumer Comments on Insurance Rate Changes, 2017
Posted May 20, 2016 by Amanda Dunker
Health insurance companies in New York State must ask for permission from the Department of Financial Services (DFS) to change their rates. DFS considers public comments when conducting their review. There are two templates below, one for responding to a proposed increase and one for responding to a proposed decrease. Once you download the template and add […]