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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
In December 2007, Assemblymember and Chair of the Assembly Committee on Health Richard Gottfried proposed the New York Health Plus proposal (NYHPlus) for health reform in New York State. This proposal would provide universal publicly-financed insurance coverage, achieved in the following way:
Despite the general misconception that “women’s health” is solely synonymous with “reproductive health,” gender differences in health care are not limited to physical anatomy. In fact, while both women and men report their health status as “fair” or “poor” at similar rates, women are significantly more likely than men to report that they have a chronic condition that requires ongoing medical care, reported reliance on a […]
On May 28, 2008, over 200 citizens, elected representatives, and activists gathered in the “Well” of the Legislative Office Building in Albany to hold a People’s Public Hearing on Health Care Reform. Here are their stories.