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11/8/13 – In this week’s summary, you’ll find new rules and regs on mental health and addiction parity insurance, FDA proposal to ban trans fats, a look at retail health clinics, and more!

11/1/13 – In this week’s summary, you’ll find info on continued problems for the NY and federal health exchanges, the huge jump in Medicaid enrollees under ACA, raising the age for cigarette sales in NYC, and more!

10/25/13 – In this week’s summary, you’ll find new federal regulations to address abuse of prescription pain meds, unintended consequences of ACA for those with individual coverage, ACA’s method to address the country’s embarrassing infant mortality rate, and more!

10/23/13 – The New York State Department of Health today announced that more than 37,000 New Yorkers have fully enrolled in a health insurance plan since NY’s Health Exchange, the New York State of Health (NYSOH), launched on October 1.

10/16/13 – A partnership between the pharmaceutical companies and labor unions in New York was announced on Sept. 24 at the UA Local 7 Plumbers & Steamfitters in Latham, NY.

10/11/13 – In this week’s summary, you’ll find info on health exchange plans and technical problems, Medicare Part D trends for 2014, clinical trials affected by the federal government shutdown, and more!

10/4/13 – With the health exchange marketplaces opening this week, Affordable Care Act news took over the airwaves. NY and other states experienced technological glitches with their exchange websites but there’s still plenty of time for uninsured to enroll – and plenty of information out there to aid that process (as you will see below).

9/28/13 -In this week’s summary, you’ll find info on all aspects of ACA implementation, state grants to research facilities at SUNY campuses and more!

9/26/13 – The Albany Times Union reported today that Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s budget director, Robert Megna, is notifying state agencies that next year’s budget will be held to a 2 percent increase.

9/20/13 – In this week’s summary, you’ll find info on programs offering free or low-cost prescription drugs, a report that says NY is lacking in providing preventive care, new clinical trials focused on Alzheimer’s, and more!