Health Navigator NY

Feb. 06, 2017: “Health Navigator NY”

by Rouhollah Goudarzi

February 6, 2017

It’s a tough irony to swallow. While Congress has been debating repealing and replacing the Affordable Care Act, nationally, more people signed up for the healthcare for the exchanges by last month’s deadline than last year. Here in New York, the Health Department is reporting an increase of 28 percent in sign-ups from a year ago. Today on our Health Navigator NY segment, we are going to ask two questions 1) How are hospitals dealing with the uncertainty over the Affordable Care Act? 2) What does this uncertainty mean for consumers, especially consumers in rural counties? Our guest today is Bea Grause, the President of the Healthcare Association of New York State.