Posted March, 24 2009 by arianne
Today, in conjuction with Cover the Uninsured Week*, the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) releases its report At the Brink: Trends in America’s Uninsured 1994-2007. This report averaged data from the 1994-1996 US Census Bureau and compared it to average from 2006-2007. Nationally, in the last 15 years: Nine million more Americans became uninsured. Six million more working people became unisured. […]
Posted March, 23 2009 by arianne
Physicians for a National Health Plan-NY Metro Chapter is hosting this event tomorrow:
Posted March, 20 2009 by arianne
This Sunday, March 22, 2009 from 2-4 PM, the Association of Muslim Health Professionals is holding a health care forum. HCFANY members Elisabeth Benjamin, Director of Health Care Restructuring Initiatives at the Community Service Society; Mark Hannay, Director, Metro New York Health Care For All Campaign; and Elizabeth Swain, CEO of the Community Health Care Association of […]
Posted March, 20 2009 by arianne
Today, Families USA released a fact sheet– “New Yorkers Without Health Insurance“– highlighting that 77.2% of uninsured New Yorkers are part of working families. These findings piggy-back on a earlier report “Americans at Risk: One in Three Uninsured,” which provided a picture of how many Americas did not have health insurance in 2007-2008. A teleconference featuring […]