On July 17, 2009, the New York State Departments of Insurance and Health issued a report to Governor Paterson on the Partnership for Coverage Initiative on the Release of the Urban Institute report.

BALCONY , working with the American Cancer Society, has been instrumental in assisting the New York State Departments of Insurance and Department of Health in delivering business, labor and advocacy opinions on the current state Health Insurance in New York. Together we held forums in Buffalo, Albany, New York City, Long Island, Westchester and Rochester providing thought provoking testimony and round table discussion on health care benefits.

The Departments of Health and Insurance contracted with the Urban Institute to determine the cost and coverage implications of four health reform proposals: (1) the Public-Private Partnership proposal that simplifies and expands existing public programs and reforms private health insurance; (2) New York Health Plus, Assemblyman Richard N. Gottfried’s proposal that gives all New Yorkers an option to enroll in Family Health Plus; (3) Public Health Insurance for All, a single payer public health insurance option; and (4) the Freedom Plan, an option that relies on regulatory flexibility and tax credits. The Public-Private Partnership proposal is similar to the proposal now being debated in Congress.

http://www.ins.state.ny.us/health/pfc/pfc_report.pdf

The full text of the Urban Institute’s study, as well as the Transmittal Report from the Departments of Health and Insurance may be accessed on the Partnership for Coverage website (www.partnership4coverage.ny.gov), as well as on the websites of the Department of Health (www.health.state.ny.us) or Department of Insurance (www.ins.state.ny.us). To view Transforming New York’s Public

The following is a report by Health Care for All New Yorkers which analyzes the July 2009 New York State Health Care Recommendations of the Urban Institute.

HCFANY Analysis