by Communications Team | 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 Communications Team | 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...
by Communications Team | Aug 8, 2011 | Education, Fair Elections, Health Care
Citizen Action of New York is a grassroots membership organization taking on big issues that are at the center of transforming American society. We look for opportunities to accomplish big changes – not small, incremental reforms. We work to elect progressive...
by Communications Team | Jul 28, 2011 | Health Care
Over the last four years, Verizon has reported $19.5 billion in profits and paid out $258 million to its top five executives. Now, they’re trying to short-change their employees. With contracts scheduled to expire on August 6th, Verizon has produced its most...
by Communications Team | Jul 25, 2011 | Capital District, Health Care, Hudson Valley, New York City, Rochester, Southern Tier, Western New York
The Statewide Caravan to Restore the American Promise was a massive effort by Citizen Action of New York and our many coalition partners and supporters to draw attention to the fact that right now, politicians are working to strip away our social safety net in order...
by Communications Team | Jul 8, 2011 | Health Care
An Op-Ed previously published on timesunion.com, written by Richard Kirsch New York’s long history of bipartisan leadership on health care got swept under the rug at the end of the legislative session when Senate Republicans blocked passage of a key step toward...
by Communications Team | Jul 7, 2011 | Capital District, Health Care
Today, demonstrators representing the Capital District Area Labor Federation, Citizen Action of New York, NYSUT, and other groups converged in front of the Verizon building on State street in downtown Albany. Despite posting record profits in the past years, and...
by Communications Team | Jun 29, 2011 | Capital District, Education, Health Care
Today, concerned activists met outside of Congressman Chris Gibson’s office in Saratoga, New York, to hold him accountable for attacking our social safety net. Gibson is just one of many Congressmen who have cut funding from Medicare, Social Security, and...
