New York Attorney General Letitia James and state Department of Health Commissioner Dr. James McDonald have issued a consumer alert warning New Yorkers about common health insurance scams as 2026 open ...

State officials warn of "reports of scammers pretending to be NY State of Health and selling fake health insurance to steal ...

New York state will end its Essential Plan health insurance program, which covers 1.7 million low- and middle-income New Yorkers, due to a loss of $7.5 billion in federal funding. The change, which is ...

The state comptroller’s office found that the state Department of Health missed out on nearly half a billion dollars in savings because Medicaid patients weren’t enrolled in Medicare once they reached ...

Health insurance rate increases in New York for 2026 have been approved for health plans selling coverage through the New York state-run Affordable Care Act marketplace. The health insurance rates for ...

New York Attorney General Letitia James is intervening in a landmark legal battle involving a New York physician who allegedly prescribed abortion pills via telehealth to a patient in Collin County, ...

Oversight of potentially tens of thousands of Medicare-eligible enrollees has cost New York nearly half a billion dollars in the past decade. The Department of Health, headed by Commissioner Dr. James ...

Last month, a New York State Department of Health report revealed that youth tobacco use in the state has declined to its lowest level since the agency started measuring it 25 years ago. The agency ...

ALBANY, N.Y. (NEXSTAR) — In response to losing $7.5 billion per year in federal funding, the state will end its expanded Essential Plan, a health insurance program that covers almost 1.7 million low- ...