NEW YORK, December 5, 2011 – A vast majority of New York State’s small business owners are giving two thumbs up to health insurance exchanges as a viable way to provide health insurance to their employees, according to a statewide survey commissioned by HealthPass New York, a NYC-based commercial health insurance exchange. The survey also found that exchanges have the potential to change the health care marketplace in New York at a time when many small business owners are struggling to keep afloat. HealthPass New York commissioned Hudson TG to…
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New York legislators reject federal funding for health insurance exchange
New York has long stood as a bastion for what the federal government stands for. The state boasts of one of the most populated and diverse cities in the world where the shortfalls and accolades of the government are highlighted in stark contrast. The state is also home to more than 2.6 million uninsured residents, most of whom cannot afford health insurance. Given the high number of those living in the state without insurance coverage, it would seem that lawmakers in New York would be welcoming to federal health care…
Read MoreSteps taken to save the jobs of hundreds of health insurance brokers
Agents in New York are applauding a new bill approved by the Senate which secures their role within the health insurance exchange for that state. Senators Kemp Hannon (R-Garden City) and James L. Seward (R-Milford) introduced the bill, making it the first proposal of a formal nature for the establishment of a health insurance exchange for the state of New York. This proposal had been mandated last year in the federal health care reform bill. The proposal would require a public exchange. This health insurance exchange would have a board…
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