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Albany: As the representative of thousands of employers across the state, The Business Council of New York State understands the value of and strongly supports the goal of universal health coverage here. As New Yorkers, we are proud of our state’s success in ensuring health insurance coverage to more than 95% of state residents, more than at any other time in history.

Kathy Hochul's budget proposal touted a $10 billion, multiyear plan to bolster New York's pandemic-battered health care industry, calling it "the largest investment in health care in state history." In releasing their one-house budget proposals this month, the Assembly and Senate plan major spending on wage increases for the state's home care workers, some of...

Activists, businesses and labor groups back the move.

Advocates for immigrants are urging state lawmakers to pass a bill that would extend New York’s Essential Plan health care coverage to immigrants whose status currently leaves them ineligible for federal support.

Also: New York’s Excluded Workers Fund is in limbo

An analysis from the New York City Comptroller Brad Lander finds an extension of health care benefits for undocumented people would aid the economy.

Since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, New Yorkers have seen how the fiscal and policy resources of the federal government can help in times of real need.

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Breaking down the differences between Amazon Prime Video, Hulu, Netflix, HBO Max, Peacock, Disney Plus, Paramount Plus and Apple TV Plus

Amid an energetic campaign to get it passed, the “Coverage for All” bill has advanced further than ever in the state Legislature.