Posted March, 10 2009 by arianne
On March 5, 2009, President Obama opened the White House Health Care Summit with the following statement: “Health care reform is no longer just a moral imperative, it is a fiscal imperative… Our goal will be to enact comprehensive health care reform by the end of this year. That is our commitment. That is our […]
Posted March, 5 2009 by arianne
A memo released today by Joseph Baker, Governor David A. Paterson’s Deputy Secretary for Health and Human Services, said that New York’s Medicaid costs are, by far, the highest in the country without providing the results patients deserve. Governor Paterson Executive Budget seeks to reallocate funding and protect Medicaid, stating “as a State, we cannot […]
Posted March, 4 2009 by arianne
On February 27, 2009 the Community Service Society of New York (“CSS”) hosted a roundtable “Reducing Racial & Ethnic Disparities in Health Care Coverage & Outcomes in Public Insurance Programs.” This event brought together-by invite only-experts from the public and private sectors to review evidence and discuss concrete policy approaches to reducing racial and ethnic […]
Posted March, 3 2009 by arianne
Longstanding Medicaid champion, Denise Soffel, has been appointed by New York State Senator Thomas K. Duane (D, WFP-Manhattan), chair of the Senate Health Committee, as Health Committee Executive Director. The Senator also appointed Roger Bearden as Health Committee Counsel. Denise is the leader of Medicaid Matters, a state-wide Medicaid consumer coalition. Denise comes from the National […]