REALITIES OF SINGLE PAYER PRAISES GOVERNOR CUOMO’S UNIVERSAL HEALTH CARE COVERAGE PROPOSAL

The Realities of Single Payer coalition applauds the Governor’s efforts to achieve universal access to health care for all New Yorkers. Our broad-based coalition of employers, health care providers, labor unions, health plans and brokers fully support his approach of building on the success of the Affordable Care Act, which has reduced the number of uninsured in New York to historically low levels and reduced the cost of individual coverage by 50 percent.

Convening a Commission for Universal Access to Health Care to identify policy options to improve access to care and strengthen New York’s commercial insurance market is a pragmatic and progressive approach to attaining universal coverage. We look forward to contributing to the policy objectives of the Commission.