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 […]
More than one million New Yorkers obtained coverage through NY State of Health (NYSOH), the new health insurance marketplace created under the Affordable Care Act (ACA), in its first year. The ACA also brings benefits to those who already have insurance: for example, preventive services are available without out-of-pocket costs and lifetime and annual limits are […]
HCFANY’s press release announcing its report: The ACA is Working: New Yorkers Tell Their Stories. The booklet, released on December 10, 2014, shares personal stories from New Yorkers who enrolled in affordable, quality health coverage thanks to the ACA during the first Open Enrollment Period.
This story booklet, produced by HCFANY and Community Service Society of New York, shares stories from everyday New Yorkers about how the ACA helped them enroll in quality, affordable health coverage. Also included are enrollment statistics and other facts about the success of the ACA in New York, particularly during the first Open Enrollment period […]