Tag Archives: public health
Medicaid Reform and Retrenchment: Your Voice is Needed NOW
As many of you know, Governor Cuomo has created a “Medicaid Redesign Team” to help him cut New York’s Medicaid program by $2 billion and redesign it for the long-term. This 27-member team is made up of only one statewide … Continue reading
Knowledge is Power
This post is by Julina Guo, a Columbia University student and intern for the Health Justice program. Disparities in health care impact thousands of lives every day. One of the biggest challenges in the fight for equal health care is … Continue reading
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Keeping the Community in Health Planning
Last week, the Commission on the Public’s Health System (CPHS) and NYLPI collaborated to comment on proposed legislation that would streamline the certificate of need process—the administrative procedure healthcare providers generally must go through in order to increase or modify … Continue reading
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A First for NYC and the Nation
Yesterday, the New York City Council passed the Language Access in Pharmacies Act by a vote of 36 to 7, making it the first jurisdiction in the country to enact legislation ensuring that limited English proficient (LEP) individuals have equal … Continue reading
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