Health Insurance News 3 Million New Yorkers On Medicaid, Public Health Insurance Are Costing State A Staggering $20b In Potentially ‘fraudulent’ Coverage Report

How expiring Affordable Care Act subsidies will change insurance costs for New Yorkers

In just a few months, many lower and middle-income families could start paying a lot more for insurance. That’s because federal tax credits passed in the American Rescue Plan Act in 2021 are set to ... Read More

How the debate over health insurance subsidies affects New Yorkers

This article originally appeared at Your Local Epidemiologist New York. Sign up for the YLE NY newsletter here. Public health, explained: Sign up to receive Healthbeat’s free New York City newsletter ... Read More

NY ending health coverage for 450K after federal funding cuts. Who is affected?

New York's plan would end Essential Plan coverage for about 17,000 people in Westchester County. In Monroe County, nearly 16,000 would lose health coverage they had previously had under New York's ... Read More

Schumer warns health insurance premiums could double for New Yorkers if ACA tax credits expire

Senator Chuck Schumer is sounding the alarm on what he’s calling a looming health care crisis for New York families. With less than two weeks before open enrollment begins, millions of Americans — ... Read More

Judge Declines to Pause New Health Insurance Plan for City Workers

A Manhattan Supreme Court judge on Thursday rejected a petition from a mysterious advocacy group to toss the city's new self-funded health plan for municipal workers, administered by EmblemHealth and ... Read More

New Yorkers’ health insurance costs on the line amid battle over government shutdown

Some health care consumers may face sticker shock when shopping for insurance through New York’s Affordable Care Act marketplace this fall. Open enrollment for health insurance on the exchange starts ... Read More

Nearly 3 million New Yorkers face losing SNAP benefits in November

The U.S. Department of Agriculture says it will not use any of its $6 billion contingency fund to cover food stamp benefits in November should the government shutdown persist, waving off requests from ... Read More

Why 450,000 New Yorkers are getting the boot from a popular health care plan

Syracuse, NY — Matthew Turner fears his family may be among 9,000 Onondaga County residents – and 450,000 across New York – getting the boot from a popular state health plan next year. The Westvale ... Read More