Despite being nonprofits and receiving billions in subsidies, New York State hospitals went to court more than 30,000 times over the past five years to force patients to pay bills that many simply could not afford, a report released Thursday found.
It is unclear who is on the governor’s task force to redesign Medicaid (again), or exactly what is driving the cost spike that created a multibillion-dollar budget gap.
“Promoting the general welfare” is a part of our social DNA. It is featured in the United States Constitution in the Preamble and tasked to Congress to do in Article 1 Section 8. It is part of their job scope to ensure that the general welfare needs of our people are met. Also noted in […]
Dr. Henry Chen, president of SOMOS, said the health status of Chinese New Yorkers is frequently misperceived, neglected and oversimplified. He said Asian-Americans are often believed to be “model minorities,” but most are average New Yorkers who face challenges when it comes to their health, Sing Tao Daily reports.
New York City’s seniors are already underutilizing public benefits available to them. But for non-citizen seniors, that reluctance has grown in the past year, a result of alarm from the changes to federal tests for admissibility.
In New York City’s worst-staffed homes, nursing home residents get fewer than three hours on average of direct nursing care each day—below the recommended amount. City Limits found that those gaps have serious consequences for residents.
Family caregivers (who are mostly women) across New York State provide $31 billion of free care each year.
‘This draconian attack on the Title X Family Planning Program will have devastating consequences for vulnerable New Yorkers.’
Bill de Blasio’s $100 million investment to guarantee healthcare coverage for all New Yorkers has raised questions about the health of the public hospital network.
‘If those of us in the medical community are to better understand the mechanisms of medical interventions in different ethnic groups, we need better representation in trials.’
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