New York recently received a $185.8 million federal grant to create the state’s Health Benefit Exchange, an online marketplace where New Yorkers will go to find affordable health-insurance coverage. The Affordable Care Act requires each state to have an exchange in place, either by creating one of by having the federal… Read More →
Orangetown residents could be hit with a 9.2 percent tax hike and deep cuts to town services, according to Town Supervisor Andy Stewart’s proposed budget. In a Journal News story today, reporter Alex Taylor digs into Stewart’s $66 million proposed budget for 2013, which, if unchanged, would raise fees, shrink… Read More →
A new report from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services estimates health-care consumers have saved an estimated $2.1 billion on premiums. The federal Affordable Care Act has rate-review rules that prohibit insurance companies in all states from increasing rates without accountability. Since last September, insurance companies that want to raise… Read More →
