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Hochul scrambles to save health program insuring 1.7M people in NY
4+ hour, 44+ min ago (1145+ words) Published Feb 16, 2026 at 6:01 a.m. ET Edward Roller, a 62-year-old from Long Island, has worked for the same small printing company for years and says he loves his job. But he says the health insurance his employer is able to offer comes…...
New year, new laws: A look at 4 taking effect in New York state on Jan. 1
1+ mon, 2+ week ago (822+ words) Published Jan 1, 2026 at 8:00 a.m. ET Single-use Styrofoam coolers will be a thing of the past under a New York state law taking effect with the new year. Another law will cap more health care costs for consumers. State lawmakers passed more…...
Shopping Affordable Care Act health insurance: What New Yorkers need to know
2+ mon, 3+ week ago (834+ words) Published Nov 18, 2025 at 11:01 a.m. ET But just how affordable that insurance will be is still up in the air. The federal government reopened last week after the longest shutdown in American history, without the main concession Democrats were seeking: A deal…...
NYC bars are getting crushed by the rising cost of liability insurance
3+ mon, 5+ day ago (698+ words) Published Nov 11, 2025 at 6:01 a.m. ET There are certain givens about most New York City pubs: The bar is sticky, the rent is staggering, cash tips are preferred and " lesser-known, but equally true " the liability insurance is crushingly expensive. Required by most…...
New Yorkers’ health insurance costs on the line amid battle over government shutdown
4+ mon, 2+ week ago (858+ words) Published Oct 1, 2025 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 Nov. 1, but New Yorkers can start perusing the…...
Healthfirst and NewYork-Presbyterian end contract dispute, limbo for 2M insured
4+ mon, 3+ week ago (350+ words) Published Sep 23, 2025 at 12:02 p.m. ET NewYork-Presbyterian has resolved a monthslong contract dispute with the insurer Healthfirst, allowing the hospital system to remain in-network for some 2 million New Yorkers with coverage through the nonprofit. The agreement, confirmed Tuesday by the hospital and…...
2M Healthfirst members could lose coverage for major NYC hospital network this fall
5+ mon, 1+ week ago (499+ words) Published Sep 9, 2025 at 6:30 a.m. ET Some 2 million New Yorkers insured by Healthfirst, one of the state's largest Medicaid providers, are on the verge of losing coverage this fall for nearly a dozen hospitals in the NewYork-Presbyterian network as well as thousands…...
NY’s Planned Parenthood clinics still seeing Medicaid patients after funding cut
6+ mon, 3+ week ago (821+ words) Published Jul 25, 2025 Planned Parenthood clinics across New York state are seeing Medicaid patients as usual this month, but they're no longer getting paid for those services, according to the organization's New York chapter. The new funding gap is a result…...
Medicaid cuts will pummel NY jobs and health care. The Bronx could take the biggest hit.
7+ mon, 6+ day ago (1352+ words) Published Jul 10, 2025 at 6:31 a.m. ET Hospital scrubs are a common sight in the leafy Norwood section of the Bronx, where employees, patients and visitors flowed in and out of the buildings on Montefiore Medical Center's main campus on East 210th Street on…...
Can tax relief keep seniors from fleeing NJ? Some worry about the cost.
7+ mon, 2+ week ago (857+ words) Published Jun 26, 2025 at 2:23 p.m. ET You've heard of "brain drain." How about "elder drain" " senior citizens fleeing high tax states for more affordable climes? New Jersey, the state with the highest property taxes in the country, has a plan to stem…...