Health Care for All New York (HCFANY) would like to thank the Chairs and Members of the Senate Finance and the Assembly Ways and Means Committees for providing an opportunity to provide public comment on the State Budget proposal.
The Community Service Society (CSS) invites non-profit community-based enrollment organizations to participate in a unique opportunity to receive funding for outreach and marketing of enrollment services through the grant-funded Keep New York Covered (KNYC) project.
An estimated 730,000 New York City residents are at risk of becoming uninsured due to federal cuts to Medicaid, and at least 225,000 New York City residents will lose Essential Plan coverage next year.
1.5 million New Yorkers at risk of losing coverage due to federal cuts to public health insurance programs
HCFANY breaks down why DFS should curb each carrier’s specific rate requests to protect patients from another unaffordable increase in health care costs. Find your carrier in the list below.
We urge the NYC Council to reject Lenox Hill Hospital’s $2.5 billion expansion, arguing it worsens health inequities by investing in an already well-resourced area instead of underserved communities.
In the wake of the pandemic, consumers have encountered a constantly changing landscape of health coverage and insurance eligibility rules, as well as hospital mergers and closures. We brought their insights and experiences to our testimony before the NYC Council.
The New York City Council passed the Adopted Budget for Fiscal Year 2025 (FY25), the largest in the city’s history at $112.4 billion. In this brief, we assess how the programs we champion fared in the Adopted Budget.
CSS urges the City Council to increase funding for the NYC Managed Care Consumer Assistance Program (MCCAP) to $2.3 million in the FY25 budget. This investment is urgently needed to respond adequately to an increased demand for services related to end of the public health insurance continuous enrollment provision.
New York hospitals have sued over 80,000 New Yorkers for medical debt since 2015. Explore our hospital-level analysis.
The health care system can be complicated to navigate for even the most well-versed among us. Advocates spend a lot of time helping patients understand the complicated rules and processes to determine whether they have received a surprise bill and how to appeal to be held harmless.
A bill pending in Albany—the Ounce of Prevention Act—would reform the state's Hospital Financial Assistance Law to make the process of applying for financial aid simpler and more accessible for low-income patients.