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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 February 10, 2014 by Amanda
Governor Cuomo’s 2014-2015 Executive Budget includes a Basic Health Program, consumer protections regarding out-of-network services, and support for consumer assistance programs. View HCFANY’s support for these provisions and our position on other aspects of the budget in our recent written testimony on the Health/Medicaid budgetary issues.
Posted January 29, 2014 by Amanda
HCFANY strongly supports out-of-network protections, including requiring plans to meet network adequacy standards and protecting consumers against “suprise” medical bills for out-of-network services they did not choose. Governor Cuomo included important provisions related to out-of-network protections in his 2014-2015 Executive Budget, released on January 21, 2014. Read about our position in our memo to NYS […]
Posted January 21, 2014 by Amanda
Governor Cuomo’s Proposed 2014-2015 Executive Budget includes a Basic Health Program, protections for consumers related to surprise out-of-network bills, and support for consumer assistance, among other provisions. HCFANY released a statement in response on January 22, 2014.
Posted March 6, 2012 by Amanda
In a letter dated February 27, 2012, the Senate Majority Leader, Dean G. Skelos, set forth reasons for postponing enactment of enabling legislation for a Health Insurance Exchange. That letter made several assertions about both Exchange legislation and the federal Affordable Care Act (ACA) which HCFANY believes to be inaccurate, for the reasons described in full.