Americans following the health care reform saga since March 2010 now have a chance to be part of the last parts of the drama. According to a USA Today report, TV media leaders and the Congress is asking the court to allow the hearings to be televised.  They conducted a survey and the result showed […]

 carriers. This is after Governor Cuomo urged insurers to make public the details as to why there is a need for them to increase their premiums. Health insurers who wanted to increase their premiums by at least 10% came to DFS with their application. The health care reform requires them to seek approval from the […]

Healthy NY has recently announced that beginning January 1st of next year, the NY health insurance program will no longer be offering traditional HMO plans (health maintenance organization). New enrollees can only choose between HDHP (high deductible health plans) with drug coverage or HDHP without drug coverage. HMO plans have been the popular choice over […]

Here’s good news to some of New York’s insured. New York Governor Andrew Cuomo has announced that he has ordered 11 NY health insurance companies to reimburse their members’ money for what he calls “overcharges” on the premiums paid. Similar to the health care reform law, the New York law requires health insurance carriers to […]

Health insurance can be very expensive but forgoing health care coverage can be even more costly. The state of New York has various state-subsidized healthcare programs to ease the financial burden of acquiring coverage. If you’re looking for inexpensive health insurance you might want to check the state health care programs that New York has […]

Healthy NY had announced that beginning January 1, 2012, the only plans that will be available to applicants are the two high deductible health plans (HDHP) – HDHP with drug coverage and HDHP without drug coverage. Healthy New York will no longer be offering HMO (health maintenance organization) plans to new enrollees. Because of this […]

Empire,  has made an announcement to brokers that effective April 1st of next year, they will be limiting the plans they will offer to small groups. This will mean that small groups will be left with the more expensive and less popular health insurance plans.  Empire is also expected to cut brokers’ commissions. They have […]

The NY State Health Foundation is committed to the implementation of the health care reform believing that 1.2 million more New Yorkers will gain NY health insurance coverage. They believe one of the keys in successfully implementing the reform is in ensuring that there are enough community health centers (CHC) to accommodate the primary care […]

After much debate, State Financial Services Superintendent Benjamin Lawsky happily announced that 6 insurers have agreed to make available to the public the details of their rate increase application.  These insurers namely Aetna Health, EmblemHealth, Empire HealthChoice, Excellus Health Plan, and HealthNow cover 2.4 million residents. This equates to 85% of the New York health […]

This October, the National Breast Cancer Awareness Month is celebrating their 25th year. Their fight continues as about 39,520 women have died from breast cancer as of a 2011 record. But their efforts are rewarded as more than 2½ million American women survive breast cancer. In New York, there are more than 14,000 new cases […]