Posted June 4, 2015 by carrie
Read our new statement of support for Senate Bill 4745/Assembly Bill 7155 HCFANY supports Senate Bill 4745/Assembly Bill 7155, which would change the law to set the Child Health Plus start date to the date of birth of the child or the date of application for coverage, if application takes place after birth.
Posted April 15, 2015 by Amanda
On April 14, the Senate passed H.R. 2, the Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act of 2015 (MACRA), a bi‐partisan legislative package originating in the House of Representatives that reauthorizes funding for the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP) for two years, through 2017. HCFANY and other prominent health care advocates supported a four-year extension. Check out our response in […]
Posted March 26, 2015 by Amanda
HCFANY urged the Legislature and the Governor to continue to build a strong health insurance system and to take steps to expand the affordability of health coverage in the final 2015‐16 budget agreement. See our full press release in response to the Senate and House one-house bills here.
Posted March 16, 2015 by Amanda
The NY State of Health is preparing to release the 2016 plan invitation for participating plans on the Marketplace. In light of this, HCFANY would like to offer recommendations for the State to address the following in their plan procurement process: network adequacy, out-of-network coverage requirements, disclosure standards relating to plan networks, additional consumer protections, a […]