Essential Plan NY Archives - Epicenter NYC

Medical professional in scrubs stands in background with a stethoscope around their neck. In front of them, gloved hands form the shape of a heart. and two dollar signs create the phrase "SOS," using the stethoscope as the O.

An ‘Essential’ fix

by Felipe De La Hoz April 23, 2026April 23, 2026

Some 470,000 New Yorkers will lose health insurance unless Albany can fix the state’s Essential Plan.