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Acknowledging Difference, not Defeat: A Racial Justice Perspective on the Medicaid Debate
This post, by Health Justice Director Nisha Agarwal and Staff Attorney Shena Elrington, also appears on the Race-Talk blog, Huffington Post, and Alternet. The federal Medicaid program has become something of a policy piñata in the national discourse. Over the … Continue reading
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Action Alert: Email the MRT
In response to the hurried and flawed process used to develop proposals for New York Medicaid redesign, the Save Our Safety Net-Campaign asks allies to send emails to members of the Medicaid Redesign Team (MRT) expressing our distaste with their … Continue reading
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Mount Sinai’s Tisch Cancer Institute: New Building, Same Walls
This post is by Alyssa Aguilera, NYLPI’s Health Justice Community Organizer. Late last month I attended my first Mount Sinai Community Roundtable – a monthly convening of various community stakeholders interested in the happenings of the Harlem-based academic-medical center. These … Continue reading
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Leaving Undocumented Immigrants Behind
This post is by Shena Elrington, Staff Attorney and Simpson Thacher & Bartlett Public Interest Fellow in the Health Justice Program at NYLPI. On March 23, 2010, President Obama signed the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act into law. The … Continue reading
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In Victory for Low-Income New Yorkers, NYU Child Study Center Opens Door to Medicaid Patients
Below is a press release we just issued, announcing a major campaign victory! FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE After advocacy groups’ campaign on behalf of parents of kids with special needs, NYU designates providers who will accept Medicaid and,Child Health Plus New … Continue reading
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Making Separate and Unequal Illegal
For those of you who’ve been following our campaign to eliminate separate and unequal health care delivery in New York City’s academic medical centers, we’ve got some good news! This morning legislation was introduced in the New York State Senate … Continue reading
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Immigrants Are Largely Left Out of Health Reform
From our friends at the New York Immigration Coalition, a new report on immigrants in health reform and the barriers that immigrants face to getting insurance in general. Immigrants, both those residing lawfully in the United States and those who … Continue reading
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NYC Health Reform Rally – A Look Back
Yesterday afternoon, 3,000 New York City residents gathered to show their support for federal health reform and, in particular, the need for a public option. Here are some of the images we were able to capture from the day.
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International Patient Dumping
A little before 1am on December 1, 1985, a pregnant woman who was about to give birth was taken by a friend to a hospital in San Pablo, California. Upon arrival, hospital staff refused to admit the woman because the … Continue reading
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CNN News Story: Medical Care Double Standard?
Last night, CNN featured our campaign with Bronx Health REACH on separate and unequal care in New York City academic medical centers. You can view it here. It is unusual for mainstream media to tackle problems such as institutional racism … Continue reading
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