Empire NYSHIP plan benefits are set to be slashed in just a few months. There's still an opportunity to tell your elected officials that state employees and retirees deserve better! Protect your healthcare access and choice! Visit protectourbenefitsny.org to take action today!

Do you have NYSHIP Empire Plan health benefits? State employees and union workers are facing devastating cuts to their health benefits and you may lose access to your doctors. Take action today to preserve your access to healthcare at protectourbenefitsny.org RT and share!!

Surprise! NYS is massively defunding Empire NYSHIP Plan and hoping their employees don't notice See this surprise mailing to all employees sent 2 months before changes go into effect 👇 What a horrible deal for state employees who work so hard for their health benefits! Sad.

"If [Empire NYSHIP] patients seek these services in emergency situations their out-of-pocket payments will skyrocket.. State retirees who often get by on limited income will be especially hit hard by these changes. These cuts are deliberate and cruel" buffalonews.com/opinion/anothe…

"If [Empire NYSHIP] patients seek these services in emergency situations their out-of-pocket payments will skyrocket.. State retirees who often get by on limited income will be especially hit hard by these changes. These cuts are deliberate and cruel" buffalonews.com/opinion/anothe…

A group of of state workers is attacking ⁦Governor Kathy Hochul⁩ in a radio ad buy, accusing the Governor of making a “back room deal” with insurance companies to take away healthcare coverage from employees and former employees covered by Empire Plan. app.frame.io/presentations/…

Our President Christopher Sheeron's latest op-ed is out this morning in EMPIRE REPORT. He explores a seemingly small provision related to #ManagedMedicaid #patients in Governor Kathy Hochul's #budget proposal that's been flying under the radar. 👇 empirereportnewyork.com/state-budget-p… (1/2)

🚨 He writes, "If legislators put this provision into the final state #budget, then 5m Managed Medicaid beneficiaries will lose access" to care... ...And it "would enshrine #Medicaid #inequity at a time when an increasing number of NYers are enrolling in these plans." (2/2)

If you and your family have Healthfirst, Fidelis Care, United Health Community, Affinity health plans, your health benefits and access to your physician are at risk! Read more about the proposed cuts to your healthcare benefits in this article: empirereportnewyork.com/state-budget-p…

Do you have Healthfirst, Fidelis, United Health Community, Affinity Health Insurance? You may lose access to your doctor! Take action now to prevent cuts to your health benefits. healthequityny.org

💬 #STATEOFTHESTATE | From MTA funding and the #economy to #climatechange and #criminaljustice reform, Governor Kathy Hochul will be covering many issues in her annual address at the top of the hour. Here are the critical #healthcare issues we will be monitoring for today, in her...

...#ExecutiveBudget next week, and throughout this year's legislative session in #Albany. ➡️ Proposals to remove Managed #Medicaid claims from #NY's #IDR process. ➡️ Efforts to eliminate state-funded excess medical #malpractice coverage.

➡️ Any revival of the "Grieving Families Act" / #wrongfuldeath legislation. ➡️ Proposals to set #pricecontrols by capping fees for outpatient services to 1.5x #Medicare. ➡️ Plans to modify law from 2024's budget re: billing and #patient consent *after* #doctors perform a service.

If you and your family have Healthfirst, Fidelis Care, UnitedHealth Community, Affinity health plans, your health benefits and access to your physician are at risk! Take action today to prevent cuts to your healthcare.

Protect New Yorkers healthcare access. Prevent cuts to HealthFirst, Fidelis Care, UnitedHealthcare Community plans! Take action today. protectnymedicaid.com