New Yorkers on individual health plans will face an average health premium increase of 13%. Health insurance costs are a financial burden. We urge NY to consider additional strategies to protect consumers from premium increases. Read more in our blog: hcfany.org/individual-mar…

Americans combined owe more than 240 billion dollars in medical debt. Medical debt is only a symptom of the larger problem that healthcare is not affordable. Read more in JAMA Network: jamanetwork.com/journals/jama-…

The NYS Department of Financial Services’ new proposed health equity regulation requiring insurers to collect voluntarily disclosed demographic data builds on its ongoing work to close the health equity gap in the State of New York. Thank you, NYDFS on.ny.gov/healthequity

A manufactory company noticed its workers weren't saving enough for retirements and found that its employees were drowning in medical bills. It then opened a clinic to provide its workers and their families basic primary care at no cost🛟. Read more: npr.org/2024/09/17/nx-…

DYK? Nearly 2 in 3 adults with medical debt put off or postponed care they needed? Don’t let medical bills prevent you from seeking or getting the care you need. If you need help fighting your medical bills and you live in New York, call CHA at (888) 614-500 Mon-Fri 9am to 4pm.

A car crash left him $10,000 in medical debt, newly in a wheelchair, and unable to do his job. "We were forced into homelessness for a time" Thankfully in New York, unpaid medical debt does not appear on credit reports. #endmedicaldebt Read more: kffhealthnews.org/news/article/n…

Surviving Spouses may not be responsible for their partners' medical bills. The deceased person's estate is responsible. If you are contacted by a debt collection agency, call CHA to help fight medical bills at 888-614-5400. #endmedicaldebt Read more: nytimes.com/2024/09/27/you…

Covid-19 is expected to surge in the fall and winter. Luckily, all U.S. households can order 4 free at-home Covid-19 tests. Remember: If you are experiencing symptoms, stay at home to keep the virus from spreading! Order your tests: covidtests.gov

🎉Minnesota has banned medical debt from showing up on credit reports and transferring to spouses, and it bars providers from denying care to those w/ debt. New York congratulates Minnesota for protecting consumers from medical debt. Read more: cbsnews.com/minnesota/news…

A NEW Urban Institute study shows that areas with rising hospital market concentrations had larger increases in medical debt prevalence due to higher prices. With fewer alternatives and higher prices, patients are struggling to find affordable care. urban.org/urban-wire/hos…

New Yorkers have little to no voice when their local hospitals propose to close entirely or shut units like maternity or the ER, greatly reducing their access to hospital care. Tune in to Tuesday’s 1 pm public hearing with @CMMerecedesCD46 and Lynn Schulman 舒曼琳: actionnetwork.org/events/speak-o…

Jessica's pregnancy and her twin’s NICU stay totaled almost a QUARTER of her family’s income. Many families earn too much for Medicaid but can’t afford insurance plans that sufficiently cover treatments or health services like childbirth. Read her story: nbcnews.com/health/health-…

Thanks to leadership of Gustavo Rivera and Jo Anne Simon 文雅麗 🟧, the Local Input for Community Health Care (LICH) bill (S.8843A, A1633B) passed the NY State Senate and Assembly by strong majorities earlier this year. Now it's time for Governor Kathy Hochul to sign the LICH bill into law

We everyday New Yorkers deserve a say when our local hospitals seek to close. The New York State Legislature’s Local Input for Community Health Care (LICH) bill (S.8843A, A.1633B) would require that community concerns are heard and addressed by state officials! 1/3

Urge Governor Kathy Hochul to #SigntheLICHBill and give communities a voice when their hospitals propose closing or downsizing. Call 518-474-8390 or email thru her website at governor.ny.gov/content/govern… Jo Anne Simon 文雅麗 🟧 Gustavo Rivera

Thank you to our panelists deandra khan from 32BJ SEIU /// #BuildingJustice 🧹✊🏽, Dr. Roslyn C Murray, PhD of Brown University, and Elisabeth Benjamin of Community Service Society of New York (CSS) for leading today’s important discussion on how the Fair Pricing Act could save New Yorkers $1.1 billion! #SameServiceSameFairPrice

Did you know NYC’s health department is the ONLY 1 in our state that gets less crisis response $ from NYS? Thank you, Dr. Michelle Morse for your testimony on this & Lynn Schulman 舒曼琳 for your support of my bill to restore Article 6 funds. To respond to fed gov $ cuts this must change.

We joined @senschumer for a meeting on how we can stop the savage Medicaid cuts proposed in the GOP budget bill. Call key legislators and ask them to vote NO on any cuts to Medicaid: cssny.org/campaigns/entr…

Join advocates across NY in a call with Chuck Schumer to fight against proposed cuts to Medicaid and other health programs in the GOP budget bill tonight at 8 pm. These cuts will help pay for $4.5 trillion in tax cuts for the rich. Register now: senate.zoomgov.com/webinar/regist…

Thank you to NYDFS for releasing an important regulation that will improve health equity and address systemic health disparities in NYS. HCFANY is proud to support this initiative that will help ensure underrepresented communities aren’t left behind.  on.ny.gov/healthequity