Comments on United’s 2025 Rate Requests

Posted June 27, 2024 by Mia Wagner

HCFANY’s comments first describe market-wide issues identified through reviewing all of the 2025 individual market rate applications and then discuss issues with the specific carrier’s application.

One-Pager: New York’s Reformed Hospital Financial Assistance Law

Posted May 1, 2024 by Marielle Ray

One-Pager: Non-profit Hospitals would keep New Yorkers in debt for the rest of their lives

Posted March 6, 2024 by Marielle Ray

Under the current Hospital Financial Assistance Law (HFAL) over 80,000 New Yorkers have been sued for medical debt and 740,000 New Yorkers are burdened by medical debt. Modernizing the HFAL is a critical step toward eliminating medical debt; but the Hospitals are advocating for regressive amendments to the HFAL that will leave New Yorkers in […]

Testimony on Governor Hochul’s 2024-25 Budget Proposal

Posted February 22, 2024 by Marielle Ray

HCFANY is grateful to have had the opportunity to testify at the 2024 Joint Legislative Budget Hearing on Health. Our detailed written comments are linked here. The Executive Budget includes many positive proposals that will help protect consumers from medical debt and enhance their ability to access affordable health coverage, including: Modernizing the State’s Hospital Financial Assistance […]