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Opinion: Young Adult New Yorkers Need Better Access to Healthcare

By Lisa David | December 11, 2020

‘New York State needs plans in place to make sure New Yorkers never have to fear that they can’t get health insurance. For example, the state needs to expand access to affordable coverage for New Yorkers who don’t have health insurance and can’t take advantage of New York’s policy to remain on their parents’ plan until they’re 29.’

Government

Where the 2020 Presidential Candidates Stand on Healthcare

By Jeanmarie Evelly | October 13, 2020

We know Donald Trump hates Obamacare. We know Joe Biden loves it. What else have the two presidential contenders said about the healthcare system?

Affordable Care Act

City Health Program Expands to BK and Staten Island, Where Most Uninsured are Latinos

By Fernando Martínez for El Diario | January 22, 2020

During its first phase in The Bronx, NYC Care reached its goal of 10,000 enrollments two months before its deadline. The city expects to offer coverage across the five boroughs by the end of 2020.

Affordable Care Act

Understanding New York’s Public Hospitals Crisis

By Ruth Ford | October 18, 2017

Where did it come from? Is there a way out?

Homepage Featured

CityViews: This is a State Legislature—Not a Middle School Locker Room

By Camille De Beus | August 17, 2017

“Though the current leaders of the Senate have shown us that our health care and access to contraception and abortion are not their priorities, the fight is not over.”

Affordable Care Act

Fighting Health Inequality with Neighbors, not Nurses

By Bob Kirsch | January 24, 2017

More effective doctors and better hospitals would narrow New York City’s vast health disparities, but probably not enough. Hence the growing interest in what some call lay health advisers.

Death's Disparities: Health Inequality in New York City

Residents’ Resiliency Offers Hope for Better Health in Brownsville

By Ruth Ford | January 4, 2017

Surveys show people in neighborhoods hit hard by health disparities are full of ideas of how to solve them—at a time when the healthcare system is embracing some experimentation. Will the brainstorming and bucks meet?

Health and Environment

Federal Funding for Healthcare Guides May Vanish

By Allegra Abramo | December 23, 2014

The state’s consumer assistance program has helped people who, thanks to the Affordable Care Act, are dealing with insurance for the first time, or weighing new options. But Washington’s support for the program is phasing out.

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