New York Gov. David Paterson (D) on Monday proposed cutting this year’s state budget by 1%, or $1.04 billion, including $506 million in Medicaid cuts, to avoid a looming budget deficit, the New York Times reports (Peters, New York Times, 8/12). Paterson has asked state lawmakers to return to Albany, N.Y., on Aug. 19 to [...]
As a result of legislation included in Governor David A. Paterson’s Executive Budget and adopted by the State Legislature, an estimated 8,600 uninsured children in the Capital District are now eligible to become enrolled in New York’s expanded Child Health Plus health insurance program.
Effective September 1st, family income eligibility for Child Health Plus expands from [...]
Ninety percent of New York state physicians who responded to a survey have changed the way they treat patients because of restrictions imposed by health insurance companies, according to a survey released on Monday by the Medical Society of the State of New York, the Albany Times Union reports. More than 1,200 physicians in the [...]
Nearly 211,000 children and teens in New York City lack health insurance, restricting their access to regular preventive screenings and other health care needed to help them grow up healthy.
As a result of legislation approved by Governor David A. Paterson and the State Legislature, children up to age 19 in families with annual incomes up [...]
Nearly 211,000 children and teens in New York City lack health insurance, restricting their access to regular preventive screenings and other health care needed to help them grow up healthy.
As a result of legislation approved by Governor David A. Paterson and the State Legislature, children up to age 19 in families with annual income up [...]
The Office of the New York State Attorney General on Monday announced that Healthfirst PHSPand St. Barnabas Community Health Plan have agreed to return to thestate a combined $7 million received as a result of duplicate billingsfor Medicaid and Family Health Plus beneficiaries, the New York Timesreports. A 2004 comptroller’s audit of the state Medicaid [...]
New York City Health Insurance Coverage
Having a job is not necessarily a passport to health insurance coverage in New York City. One million New Yorkers ” some 17% of the adult population ” lacked coverage in 2005, according to a new Health Department report, and 700,000 of them [...]
Hispanics, males, those ages 18 to 24, and the employed make up most ofthe nearly one million adult residents in New York City who areuninsured, according to a report released on Wednesday by the New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, AP/Long Island Newsday (AP/Long Island Newsday,8/22). According to the report, one in [...]
New York Medicaid Program
CMS has informedNew York officials that chemotherapy does not qualify for a provisionof Medicaid that allows coverage for emergency services forundocumented immigrants and other noncitizens, a decision that %26quot;setsthe stage for a battle between the state and federal governments overhow medical emergencies are defined,%26quot; the New York Timesreports. The provision specifically excludes [...]
New York Contraceptive Insurance Coverage Law
The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday said it will not consider achallenge to a New York law that requires employers who offerprescription drug plans to provide coverage for FDA-approved contraceptives for women, the New York Times reports (Greenhouse, New York Times,10/2). The Women’s Health and Wellness Act — which was [...]