Testimony: HCFANY Testimony for Public Hearing on Implementation of the Affordable Care Act before the Senate Committees on Health and Insurance, January 2012

Posted January 19, 2014 by Amanda

HCFANY was invited to deliver testimony before the NYS Senate Committees of Health and Insurance at a hearing on January 13, 2014. The hearing concerned the Affordable Care Act and the NY State of Health Marketplace.

Issue Brief: HCFANY’s 2013 Affordable Care Act Advocacy Agenda

Posted January 30, 2013 by arianne

HCFANY’s Agenda to Address Health Disparities

Posted January 30, 2013 by arianne

Racial and ethnic minorities, women, people with disabilities, and lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people have specific health care needs and often receive poorer care and have worse health outcomes than others. The Affordable Care Act (ACA) provides a major opportunity for New York to address health disparities.

Issue Brief: Extending New York’s CHP Program to Adults

Posted January 30, 2013 by arianne

In 2014, roughly one million New Yorkers will gain health coverage through the state’s Health Benefit Exchange, the expansion of Medicaid, or, possibly, the Basic Health Plan. Yet, up to 1.8 million New Yorkers could remain uninsured. This includes low-wage workers who cannot afford to buy subsidized coverage on the Exchange and undocumented immigrants who […]