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Posted May 25, 2023 by Amanda Dunker
In 2022, the FY 2023 budget deal resulted in a promise made by Governor Hochul’s Administration to seek federal funding through a 1332 Waiver to expand our Essential Plan program to all New York State residents, including immigrants who are undocumented. In a turnaround, the State’s final FY 2024 proposed budget excludes immigrants from the […]
Posted March 24, 2021 by Amanda Dunker
This testimony was submitted on February 25, 2021. Download a pdf below. Health Care for All New York (HCFANY) would like to thank the chairs and members of the Assembly Ways and Means and the Senate Finance Committees for providing the public an opportunity to provide our comments on the state budget. HCFANY is […]
Posted January 27, 2021 by Amanda Dunker
Coverage Half of New Yorkers say that they cannot afford medical care even with insurance and another 5 percent of New Yorkers, 1 million people, have no coverage at all. New York should enact the New York Health Act (S3577a/A5248a) to cover everyone. RIGHT NOW: Pass S2549/A1585 to ensure that immigrants affected by COVID-19 have […]
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 April 6, 2015 by Amanda
Read about HCFANY’s responses to the Senate and Assembly “one-house” budget bills for the 2015-2016 budget.
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 […]