by rlobianco | Aug 14, 2012 | Health Care
On Tuesday, August 14, 2012, members of the Restore the American Promise coalition rallied in Albany to celebrate the 77th anniversary of Social Security, and to call on candidates to fight to protect critical social programs like Social Security, Medicare and...
by Kelsea Adams | Aug 1, 2012 | Health Care
Today, thanks to the Affordable Care Act, as of today, big insurance companies will be refunding individuals and businesses in New York State $86.5 million. The ACA includes a provision that requires insurers to spend 85% of large-group premiums and 80% of small-group...
by Bob Cohen | Jun 29, 2012 | Health Care
On June 28th, the last day of its term, a majority of the U.S. Supreme Court yesterday ruled that Congress had the power to establish a requirement that most people buy insurance by 2014. Our focus at Citizen Action hasn’t been about the “individual...
by Bob Cohen | Apr 17, 2012 | Health Care, Uncategorized
Health care consumers in New York won a major victory on April 12th when Governor Cuomo issued an Executive Order to create a health insurance exchange – a health care marketplace — in the state. Once an exchange is created in January of 2014, the state projects...
by Bob Cohen | Jan 5, 2012 | Health Care
Polling on the Affordable Care Act (ACA) shows what first seems like a weird contradiction. The latest Kaiser polling shows that Americans are split down the middle when you ask them whether they support the law itself. Yet, large majorities support most of the...
by rlobianco | Dec 6, 2011 | Education, Health Care, Press Releases
Citizen Action of New York Responds to Tax Plan In response to the economic plan announced today, Karen Scharff, Executive Director of Citizen Action of New York said: After several years of devastating budget cuts to schools, services, and our safety net, Governor...
by rlobianco | Nov 11, 2011 | Health Care
On Wednesday, Governor Cuomo announced that he was ordering 11 health insurance companies to refund $114.5 million to policy holders who were overcharged for their health insurance premiums in 2010. State regulations require that insurers spend at least 82 cents of...
by rlobianco | Oct 26, 2011 | Health Care, Uncategorized
In another victory for the right of health care consumers to challenge sky-high health insurance rates, UnitedHealthcare, the largest New York health insurer, has agreed to make available to the public the entire rate filing that it provides to the state Department of...
by Bob Cohen | Oct 17, 2011 | Health Care
Say what? The multi-year fight by New York health insurance consumers to stop oversight of their sky-high rates took an almost amusing turn in early October when an Albany insurance industry lobbyist argued that documents that health insurers use to determine how...
