News & Updates

Medicaid drives 33 percent increase in New York State’s health exchange enrollment Buffalo News Enrollment in New York State’s health insurance exchange rose by one-third this year as more residents […]

Aetna to Pull Back From Public Health Care Exchanges New York Times In a blow to President Obama’s health care law, Aetna, one of the nation’s major insurers, said Monday […]

Hacks Can Ease the Trials of Aging New York Times/Blog When Barbara Beskind, 92, had trouble reaching foods in the back of her refrigerator, she installed a lazy susan on […]

Expect your health insurance costs to rise in 2017 CNBC You’ll pay a little more for your workplace health insurance plan next year. Read the full article How NY Measures […]

New York to go ahead with all-payer claims database, despite Supreme Court ruling Politico Despite a U.S. Supreme Court decision that stymied state efforts to track health care costs and […]

Future of drug pricing: paying for benefits not per pill Reuters Global pressure on health spending is forcing the $1 trillion-a-year pharmaceutical industry to look for new ways to price […]

State approves largest insurance rate increase since start of Obamacare Politico The Cuomo administration on Friday announced that health insurance rates on the individual market would increase by a weighted […]

Eight Possible Fates for the Obamacare Exchanges Bloomberg A lot’s been happening in the health-care markets. California announced that premiums would rise by an average of 13.2 percent on its […]

Obama Says V.A. Has Made Progress on Veterans Health Care New York Times President Obama said on Monday that his administration had made strides in turning around the veterans health […]

New York tightens up mental health coverage WBFO Governor Andrew Cuomo says there will be zero tolerance for insurance companies who try to shirk their obligations. Read the full article […]