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Hispanic Association of Health Professionals is calling for lawmakers to create temporary, flexible licenses so thousands of immigrant health professionals can be included in the COVID-19 emergency effort.

ByFernando Martínez for El Diario 3Comments

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Mar 2020

Uncategorized

Hospitals Hit for Debt-Collection Practices

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…

ByJarrett Murphy 2Comments

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Jan 2020

Government

Confusion and Tension Over Budget Gap and Cuomo’s Proposed Medicaid Changes

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.

ByRoshan Abraham 0Comments

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Dec 2019

Opinion

Opinion: The Constitutional Case for ‘Medicare for All’

“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…

ByRobert Buonaspina 5Comments

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Nov 2019

Uncategorized

Chinese New Yorkers Overestimate Their Own Health Status, New Report Finds

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,”…

ByLotus Chau for Sing Tao Daily 0Comments

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Oct 2019

Government

NYC’s Immigrant Seniors Chilled by Trump’s Public Charge Crackdown

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…

ByRoshan Abraham 1Comment

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Aug 2019

In Depth Investigations

NY’s Nursing Home Staffing Shortages Raise Concerns About Quality of Care

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…

ByVirginia Jeffries

ByJaclyn Jeffrey-Wilensky 2Comments

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Mar 2019

Opinion

Opinion: Single-Payer Long-Term Care Would Be Good News for NY’s Women

Family caregivers (who are mostly women) across New York State provide $31 billion of free care each year.

ByBobbie Sackman 0Comments

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Feb 2019

Opinion

Opinion: Trump-Pence Gag Rule is a Vicious Attack on Basic Healthcare in NYC

‘This draconian attack on the Title X Family Planning Program will have devastating consequences for vulnerable New Yorkers.’

ByMargaret Chin

ByCarlina Rivera

ByLaura McQuade 0Comments

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Feb 2019

In Depth

Key to Mayor’s Health Push, NYC’s Public Hospitals Face Uncertain Financial Future

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.

ByBailey Hosfelt 1Comment

Group Urges Allowing Unlicensed Immigrants with Healthcare Experience to Work in Hospitals

Hospitals Hit for Debt-Collection Practices

Confusion and Tension Over Budget Gap and Cuomo’s Proposed Medicaid Changes

Opinion: The Constitutional Case for ‘Medicare for All’

Chinese New Yorkers Overestimate Their Own Health Status, New Report Finds

NY’s Nursing Home Staffing Shortages Raise Concerns About Quality of Care

Opinion: Single-Payer Long-Term Care Would Be Good News for NY’s Women

Opinion: Trump-Pence Gag Rule is a Vicious Attack on Basic Healthcare in NYC

Key to Mayor’s Health Push, NYC’s Public Hospitals Face Uncertain Financial Future

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