The number was for Community Health Advocates, a health insurance consumer assistance program and a unit of Community Service Society, one of the organizations supported by The New York Times Neediest Cases Fund.
The agencies will work together on the state's public awareness campaign for a consumer-assistance program that aids motorists whose vehicles fail a smog-control inspection.
Of the $5 billion, the settlement earmarks $480 million to be allocated for consumer relief and mortgage assistance in New York, including $50 million for the creation and preservation of affordable rental housing, $220 million for debt restructuring, $30 million for land banks and land trusts, $30 million for code enforcement, and $150 million in principal reduction for distressed borrowers.
Still, the requests from insurers certainly matter -- partly because the more they end up charging, the more the federal government has to pay in order to subsidize the price for consumers who qualify for financial assistance.
Insurance agents and brokers, as well as other enrollment counselors, can help people in person, and none of them charges consumers for the assistance.
Insurance agents and brokers, as well as other enrollment counselors, can help people in person, and none of them charge consumers for that assistance.
That assistance helped lower premiums for consumers who bought healthcare coverage on federal marketplaces by 76% on average, according to the new report from the Department of Health and Human Services.
We have one for consumers' families, one for residents and one for residents who need assistance.
Since there is usually no sales assistance available in supermarkets, wine labels represent the pivotal source of information for consumers at the point of purchase.
