New York state will end its Essential Plan health insurance program, which covers 1.7 million low- and middle-income New Yorkers, due to a loss of $7.5 billion in federal funding. The change, which is ...

The state Health Department said the virus, which has been spreading in China and elsewhere, was identified in a person ...

Some 450,000 New Yorkers enrolled in the state’s Essential Plan stand to lose that health coverage next year ... In a statement, Gov. Kathy Hochul said that unwanted step was the best way for New York ...

In response to significant federal funding cuts, New York State health officials are taking decisive steps to maintain health care access for its residents. The New York State Department of Health ...

A battle is brewing over the $50 billion Rural Health Transformation program, of which states are drafting up applications to secure funding.

New York and other states across the Northeast issued new COVID-19 vaccine recommendations Monday, Sept. 15 that advises everyone six months and older to get the updated shot this fall, bucking ...

ALBANY, N.Y. (NEXSTAR) — In response to losing $7.5 billion per year in federal funding, the state will end its expanded Essential Plan, a health insurance program that covers almost 1.7 million low- ...

New York's plan would end Essential Plan coverage for about 17,000 people in Westchester County. In Monroe County, nearly 16,000 would lose health coverage they had previously had under New York's ...