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Put Health Reform in the State Budget Now
By VITO GRASSO
First published: Wednesday, March 26, 2008
For the first time in a generation, a bold initiative to begin the process of mending New York's severely damaged primary health care system is on the table. The state Legislature must support these efforts and begin investing more of our health care dollars in primary care as proposed.
While legis
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NYS Budget Update
Weingarten, Reid & McNally Health Care Budget Update
On January 22nd, Governor Spitzer released his Executive Budget totaling $124.3 billion, an increase of 5.1% above last year. Related to health care, the Governor's budget expands access to health care coverage, reforms Medicaid reimbursement for hospital, primary and preventive care, extends the Health C
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Governor Pledges More for Primary Care
Governor Spitzer delivered his second annual State of the State address today. He reflected on a year of accomplishments in 2007 citing workers compensation reform, historic investments in schools, a billion dollar reduction in Medicaid spending, budget reform, tough new ethics laws and new funding for stem cell research.
Looking forward to 2008, the Governor pledged to increase fu
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NYSAFP FAMILY PRACTICE EDUCATOR OF THE YEAR
NYSAFP FAMILY PRACTICE EDUCATOR OF THE YEAR
Ephraim Back, MD
Schenectady
Montgomery Douglas, MD
Hewlett
Stanley Erney, MD
Johnson City
James Greenwald, MD
Syracuse
Pamela Horst, MD <
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NYSAFP FAMILY DOCTOR OF THE YEAR
NYSAFP FAMILY DOCTOR OF THE YEAR
Richard Bonanno, MD
Brightwaters
Louis Bonavita, MD
E. Syracuse
Guido DiBenedetto, MD
Staten Island
Melvin Dyster, MD
Niagara Falls
David Holmes, MD
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SCHUMER PERSONALLY CALLS HEALTHNOW NEW YORK TO BROKER DEAL BETWEEN INSURANCE COMPANY AND HUDSON HEADWATERS HEALTH NETWORK
SCHUMER PERSONALLY CALLS HEALTHNOW NEW YORK TO BROKER DEAL BETWEEN INSURANCE COMPANY AND HUDSON HEADWATERS HEALTH NETWORK - PRESSES CEO TO PROTECT COVERAGE FOR UP TO 5,000 NORTH COUNTRY RESIDENTS
North Country is Currently Facing a Health Care Crunch Related to a Contract Inequity between Hudson Headwaters Health Network and HealthNow that Could Leave Between 4K-5K Re
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Im Covered. Now What? - Huffington Post
I'm Covered. Now What?
By: Vito Grasso and Elizabeth Swain
During the last couple of weeks, much has been made about the release of healthcare plans by the three leading Democratic presidential candidates. Each of the top tier candidates released significant plans to achieve "universal coverage" -- putative plans to provide coverage for the uninsured and the so-called u
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George Dunn, MD Elected President of Statewide Medical Society
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
George Dunn, MD Elected President of Statewide Medical Society
Albany: George Dunn, MD, of Glen Cove has been elected president of the New York State Academy of Family Physicians (NYSAFP). Dr. Dunn was elec
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Students Recognized for Achievements in National Tar Wars Poster Contest
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Tuesday, July 17, 2007
Students Recognized for Achievements in National Tar Wars Poster Contest
Fourth- and fifth-grade students visit Capitol Hill to voice support for anti-tobacco
legislation
WASHINGTON - Zane Belden, a fifth-grader from Queensbury, N.Y., was named the
2007 Tar Wars national poster contest winner at a ceremony in
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NYSAFP Delegation Attends ALF and NCSC
NYSAFP president S. Ramalingam, MD, led a delegation of NY members to the AAFP's Annual Leadership Forum (ALF) and National Congress of Special Constituencies (NCSC) which was held May 2-6 in Kansas City. ALF is the Academy's annual leadership training conference for state chapter leaders.
NCSC is a policy forum for the Academy's special constituencies: women, minority, new ph
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