Posted August, 23 2019 by Amanda Dunker
In a climate of relentless attacks on immigrants, including as to their right to quality health care, it’s easy to get discouraged. But California has recently provided us with a ray of hope. In July, California’s Democratic governor, Gavin Newsom, signed legislation to cover (with state funding) an estimated 90,000 low-income undocumented young adults aged […]
Posted August, 12 2019 by Amanda Dunker
The Trump Administration’s public charge rule was finalized today despite nearly 270,000 comments describing the harm it could cause to health and public welfare. The rule is yet another Trump action that de-values and de-humanizes immigrants (read the final rule here, and read our comments against it here). Immigrant New Yorkers should know that they […]
Posted July, 25 2019 by Amanda Dunker
Guest post by Lois Uttley, Raising Women’s Voices The Mount Sinai Health System has just unveiled its plan for construction of a new 70-bed Beth Israel Hospital to replace the current 800-bed facility in lower Manhattan. Before Mount Sinai can move ahead with construction of the new facility, it will have to win Certificate of […]
Posted July, 9 2019 by Amanda Dunker
You probably remember how hard Republicans in Congress tried to repeal the ACA in 2017 (not to mention the over 60 previous votes held to repeal the ACA before the current Administration took office). Thankfully, they failed. But they were able to use their tax bill to eliminate an important part of the ACA, the […]