Health Care
Ian’s Law: Real Health Insurance Reform
Ian Pearl needs extremely expensive medical care, including 24-hour in-home nursing. Two years ago, Guardian Life Insurance Company wanted to cancel Ian’s coverage. But, because of a New York State law preventing insurance companies from cancelling policies due only to high costs to the company, they weren’t able to.
Instead, Guardian decided to cancel the entire line of coverage that Ian had, which would have left him, and about 500 other with no insurance. Ian, whose medical costs are over $1 million a year, obviously would not have been able to sustain his care.
Reject Mid-Year Budget Cuts
Today, the state legislature will address the Governor’s proposed mid-year budget cuts, which include $686 million to education and millions more to after-school programs and Medicaid. He has also proposed a state spending cap that will devastate schools, hospitals, and other institutions that rely on state funding.
10 Things You Can Do Right Now to Help Get Health Care Reform Passed
Health care reform needs to happen this year. But, significant changes in our society don’t happen easily – and they don’t happen without action from the grassroots (that’s you!).
So, click here for a list of 10 things you can do right now to help move health care reform forward.
House Passes H.R. 3962
On Saturday evening, the House of Representatives passed H.R. 3962, the Affordable Health Care for America Act.
The historic legislation was supported by the vast majority of New York Members of Congress, with the exceptions of Republicans Peter King and Chris Lee, and Democrats Scott Murphy, Eric Massa, and Michael McMahon.
Click here to find out how your Representative voted, and send them a message.
H.R. 3962: An Analysis
Health Care for All New York, the state health care coalition of which we are a founding member, released this analysis of the House health care reform bill: the Affordable Health Care for America Act, H.R. 3962. HCFANY, as well as our national health care coalition, Health Care for America Now, are pushing New York members [...]
No letting up until real reform is passed!
by Chris Scoville, Capital District Organizer
Last night over 60 concerned citizens, community activists and union members turned out in the rain to ask Congressman Murphy to do what is best for the district, the state and the country and vote for the House health care bill. Simultaneously representatives from Citizen Action and Health Care for America Now were meeting with the Congressman in Washington making clear to him how much his district stands to gain from passage of the House bill.
House Vote Saturday!
The House of Representatives will vote on their health care bill Saturday, H.R. 3962 – the Affordable Health Care for America Act!
The vote could be very close, so every call right now will make a difference.
Call 877.264.4226 Now!
Trick or Treat?
This Halloween it isn’t vampires, werewolves or zombies that we should be afraid of.
Scaring folks around the country this year is the possibility of not winning real health care reform. As both the House and Senate prepare to vote on their health care bills, many Members of Congress remain undecided or against real reform.
Breaking: Pelosi Announces Health Care Bill
Speaker Pelosi just announced the Affordable Health Care for America Act! Our message needs to get to Congress right now: New York needs health care reform.
Call you member of Congress now!
I Had No Choice?
by Bob Cohen, Policy Director
On October 15th, Governor Paterson initiated what has unfortunately become almost a new ritual in Albany – telling us that he has to make further “mid-year” cuts to the existing severe state budget. The details are mind-numbing – $686 million in aid cuts to school districts (on top of the freeze in education spending earlier in the year), and cuts to after-school and Medicaid – but the consequences are clearer: less remedial programs, bigger classes, and parents scrambling to find alternative child care arrangements.
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