The latest news about the Metro New York Health Care for All Campaign.

New York, NY, February 07, 2008 -- A consortium of leading health advocacy groups, led by the Community Service Society of New York, has been awarded a highly competitive multi-year Consumer Voices for Coverage grant totaling $750,000, from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF). RWJF’s Consumer Voices for Coverage initiative supports state advocacy efforts by fostering strong and robust advocacy infrastructures.

The grant will fund the formation of the Health Care for All New York Campaign (HCFANY) convened by: The American Cancer Society, The Center for Working Families, The Children’s Defense Fund, Citizen Action of New York, The Community Service Society, Metro New York Health Care for All Campaign, New Yorkers for Accessible Health Coverage, and The New York Immigration Coalition.

"When it comes to health care, consumer voices are constantly shouted over by those groups with the biggest PACs and most lobbyists," added Richard Kirsch, Executive Director of Citizen Action of New York. "We look forward to organizing the voices of New York’s health care consumers to make it clear that they want quality, affordable health care for all and they want it now."

New York is one of 12 states organizations to be selected as part of the $15 million initiative to strengthen existing advocacy networks. HCFANY will receive a total of $750,000 over the next three years. Other states receiving the Consumer Voices for Coverage grant include California, Colorado, Illinois, Maine, Maryland, Minnesota, New Jersey, Ohio, Oregon Pennsylvania and Washington.

"About Health Care for All New York Campaign
The Health Care For All New York (HCFANY) Campaign is a statewide coalition dedicated to winning affordable, comprehensive, and high-quality health care for all residents of New York by 2010. The Campaign will also promote health reform at the federal level. The Campaign was founded by eight leadership organizations: The American Cancer Society, The Center for Working Families, The Children’s Defense Fund-NY, Citizen Action of New York, The Community Service Society of New York, Metro New York Health Care For All, The New York Immigration Coalition, and New Yorkers for Accessible Health Coverage. HCFANY has united around 10 Standards for Affordable, Quality Health Care for All in New York" that serve as the basis for evaluating health reform proposals. The HCFANY Campaign brings New Yorkers’ voices to the health reform conversation.

New York, NY, November 27, 2007 -- At its Annual Gala, the New York Metro Health Care for All Campaign honored the following people for their good deeds:

• For political leadership, Representatives Vito Fossella, Carolyn Maloney, and Jerrold Nadler, for their bipartisan leadership in Congress to provide health care services to World Trade Center rescue and recovery workers (H.R. 3543.)
• For trade union leadership, leaders of the Business and Labor Coalition of New York (BALCONY)
• For community leadership, the Child Health Now Coalition, for spearheading the fight here in New York to expand our Child Health Plus program, and in collaboration with colleagues nationally, to reauthorize and improve the State Child Health Insurance Program (SCHIP) in Congress

Photos of the Metro NY Health Care for All’s 2007 Gala