Budget
Opinion: Treat Homecare Aides as the Essential Workers They Are
Scott Short |
‘We are not asking to be prioritized over doctors and nurses. We simply need to be given the same resources.’
Age Justice
NYC’s Immigrant Seniors Chilled by Trump’s Public Charge Crackdown
Roshan Abraham |
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.
CITY VIEWS: OPINIONS and ANALYSIS
Opinion: Stop Pitting Home-Care Workers Against Employers
Tara Klein |
State regulations force workers to accept dire wages, and it’s time for the state to take responsibility for covering these costs and rectifying a system it has neglected for decades.
Government
When Homecare Doesn’t Make House Calls: Concerns About Oversight of Services for Seniors
Roshan Abraham |
A hearing revealed that Councilmembers struggle with how to oversee a convoluted system where the state has taken on a dominant role.
Age Justice
Report Sees Economic Hit from Cuts to Medicaid Program for Aides
Roshan Abraham |
The more than 600 fiscal intermediaries statewide allows elderly and disabled people to hire and manage personal assistants. Critics say the governor’s executive budget would cut that number by at least 90 percent by changing eligibility requirements.
Age Justice
Alarm Over Proposed Cuts to State Program Overseeing Home-Health Aides
Roshan Abraham |
Advocates predict that changes proposed by the governor could reduce the number of ‘fiscal intermediaries,’ who help administer the Medicaid program that pays for home-health aides, by 90 percent.
Agenda 2019
Key to Mayor’s Health Push, NYC’s Public Hospitals Face Uncertain Financial Future
Bailey Hosfelt |
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.
Age Justice
Long-Term Help for Family Caregivers Exists. It’s Just Really, Really Complicated to Get it.
Roshan Abraham |
The Consumer Directed Personal Assistance Program or CDPAP pays for home-health aides and family caregivers. The state recently has subjected the program to major changes and more might be coming.
CITY VIEWS: OPINIONS and ANALYSIS
CityViews: NY Must Expand Coverage for Allergy Testing
Gustavo Rivera and Joseph F. D’Amore |
Too many New Yorkers who rely on Medicaid are not being diagnosed and treated in a timely manner due to the lack of blood allergy testing—in part because our state Medicaid program severely limits access to those tests.
Next 100 Days: State Drops Prisoner Medical Move Because of Trump Rhetoric
Adam Wisnieski |
Getting prisoners on Medicaid 30 days prior to release would have been a game changer for re-entry services with national implications.
