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Health insurance rates in New York will grow by an average of 3.7% next year for individuals and 7.6% for small group plans, the state announced Friday.

Health insurance rates in New York will grow by an average of 3.7% next year for individuals and 7.6% for small group plans, the state announced Friday.

POLITICO Get the New York Playbook PM newsletter Email Sign Up By signing up you agree to receive email newsletters or updates from POLITICO and you agree to our privacy policy and terms of service. You can unsubscribe at any time and you can contact us here. This sign-up form is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply. Let the games begin. Sunday’s call by Senate Majority Leader Andrea Stewart-Cousins for Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s resignation has set the groundwork for more legislators to follow suit. And certainly in the hours that followed, Democrats ...

arrow Infectious Disease Clinical Pharmacist Victoria Adams carries a tray of Covid-19 vaccination at Mount Sinai Hospital in NYC on December 15th, 2020. JUSTIN LANE/EPA-EFE/Shutterstock Governor Andrew Cuomo on Wednesday announced the state would direct insurance companies to pay for the costs of vaccine administration, vowing that all New Yorkers would be able to receive the vaccine free of charge. Insurers will be required to pay the cost of administering the vaccine under a directive issued by the state's Department of Financial Services, the governor announced. "In New York...

The governor also said he’s advancing funds to cash-strapped state contractors that are providing essential services. Cuomo had said Monday that if the trajectory of the rising infection rate does not change, the state is headed for a lockdown similar to the one in the spring, when the virus first spiked. New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio also urged city residents to prepare for a shutdown in the coming weeks. By Wednesday, though, the governor, citing negative news headlines, emphasized that a closure of all but essential services can be avoided if New Yorkers follow all of the safety rec...