Advocates applaud passage of Health Equity Assessment bill
Health Equity Assessment Bill Receives Final NYS Legislative Passage Health advocacy groups across New York State today applauded state Assembly action Tuesday night giving final legislative passage to S1451a, the Health Equity Assessment Bill. The bill, which had...
Renewed push for equity in the Indigent Care Pool
Several advocacy groups, along with NYC Health + Hospitals and labor unions, continue to push for redistribution of the Indigent Care Pool (ICP). Over $1 billion in Medicaid funds are allocated to hospitals across the state, and advocates believe the funding should be...
Joint statement: Guarantee the Survival of the Healthcare Safety Net
Medicaid Matters joined NYC Health + Hospitals, labor unions, the Commission on the Public's Health System, the Community Service Society of NY, and many other groups and organizations to advance the following priorities to protect safety-net hospitals: Target...
Post-budget advocacy to protect safety-net hospitals
The 2020-2021 enacted state budget allows the Governor to make mid-year budget cuts, outside the usual legislative process. Advocates support the agenda of NYC Health + Hospitals to protect safety-net hospitals.
Hospital charity care funding
For far too long, hospital indigent care pool funding – also referred to as hospital charity care funding – has been allocated in a way that does not tie the money to actual services to low-income people. As part of the 2018-19 state budget agreement, the NYS...