Letter of Support: HCFANY urges CMS to approve funding for NYS Clinic Uncompensated Care Pool

Posted March 14, 2016 by carrie

HCFANY wrote to Victoria Wachino, Director for the Center for Medicaid and CHIP Services, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) urging CMS to  approve federal matching funding for the New York State Clinic Uncompensated Care Pool (UCP). You can read our letter below.    

Issue Brief: HCFANY 2016 Legislative Policy Agenda

Posted February 9, 2016 by carrie

How Can New York Provide Health Insurance Coverage to its Uninsured Immigrant Residents?

Posted January 29, 2016 by carrie

The Affordable Care Act has helped millions of New Yorkers secure affordable, quality health care, many for the first time. However, as many as 457,000 unauthorized, uninsured immigrant residents remain ineligible for coverage. This report by the Community Service Society offers policy makers practical, affordable, high quality options to help close the coverage gap—while substantially […]

Undocumented immigrant healthcare initiative with Claudia Calhoon of NYIC

Posted October 15, 2015 by Hannah Lupien

  This video shows HCFANY Steering Committee member Claudia Calhoon of New York Immigration Coalition discussing NYC Mayor Bill de Blasio’s new undocumented immigrant healthcare initiative and work of the HCFANY Racial & Ethnic Disparities Task Force. (At minute 8:39 Claudia talks about HCFANY’s advocacy work!)