Issue Brief: HCFANY 2010 – 2011 Legislative Agenda

Posted January 16, 2010 by arianne

Memorandum of Support: A. 9036/S.6030 (Young Adult Bill)

Posted January 7, 2010 by Amanda

HCFANY supports A.9036/S.6030, the young adult bill, which seeks to provide a COBRA-like insurance option to young adults in New York. Young adults between the ages of 19 and 29 are twice as likely to be uninsured as other adults. Around 808,000 young adults are uninsured in New York, making up nearly one-third (31%) of […]

Issue Brief: HCFANY Evaluation of UnitedHealth Reform Proposal

Posted December 7, 2009 by Amanda

In October 2007, the UnitedHealth Group issued a proposal to reform New York’s direct-pay and small-group markets. The direct-pay market is individual insurance coverage. The goal of the UnitedHealth proposal is to address the “death spiral” (see box below) or decline in enrollment. UnitedHealth attributes this decline to a lack of product flexibility, inadequate stop-loss pool […]

Testimony: HCFANY Testimony Before the Assembly Standing Committee on Insurance on Regulatory Approval of Health Insurance Premium Rates

Posted June 8, 2009 by arianne

HCFANY testimony on A.8280, introduced by Chairman Morelle at the request of Governor Paterson.