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Gov. drops reform of hospital charity-care payments
Crain’s New York New York, NY http://www.crainsnewyork.com/article/20100212/FREE/100219959 Controversial system allows hospitals to dip into $1 billion state fund without verifying they actually provided service; change was opposed by powerful hospital lobby. By Barbara Benson New York’s powerful hospital lobby quietly prevailed in pushing Gov. David Paterson to drop a reform of charity-care payments from his proposed [...]
Congress cannot allow the estate tax to lapse
The Buffalo News Buffalo, NY http://www.buffalonews.com/149/story/894626.html As the media is mostly focused on the health care fight in Congress, the most powerful forces in our nation are quietly gearing up for their next attempt to raid the U. S. Treasury on behalf of the wealthiest Americans, to the detriment of the rest of us. These [...]
A fair health plan: Rich must pay fair share of costs
Syracuse Post-Standard Syracuse, NY http://blog.syracuse.com/opinion/2009/12/a_fair_health_plan_rich_must_p.html By Karen Scharff and Bob Cohen Now that the Senate, following the House, is debating health care reform legislation this month, another issue is moving toward center stage: How do we fund health care reform? The funding plan we select is critical to the success of reform. If we don’t [...]
Area’s representatives split on health reform bill
Times Union Albany, NY http://www.timesunion.com/AspStories/story.asp?storyID=863371 The Capital Region’s members of the House of Representatives voted on opposite sides of the health care issue after months of heated rhetoric finally led to a floor vote Saturday night. The Democrat-controlled House narrowly passed the Affordable Health Care for America Act, 220-215. U.S. Rep. Paul D. Tonko, D-Amsterdam, [...]
Health Care reform hits home
Columbia Spectator New York, NY http://www.columbiaspectator.com/2009/11/05/health-care-reform-hits-home The low- to middle-income communities in West Harlem and Morningside Heights have a particular stake in the health care reform plans pending in Congress. The five congressional committees that oversee health care issues have each proposed a distinct bill, which leaders must merge into a single, cohesive piece of [...]
Consumers need to be protected
Times Union Albany, NY http://www.timesunion.com/AspStories/story.asp?storyID=844218&category=LETTER The Sept. 9 article, “Senate shake-up won’t change liberal control,” shows a scary similarity between the attempts to reform our financial services industry and the health care fight. Right now, the House of Representatives is considering the creation of a Consumer Financial Protection Agency to address the numerous deceptive practices [...]
Citizen Action Group: Healthcare Reform Now – 8/27/2009
Fox 40 WICZ Binghamton, NY http://www.wicz.com/news2005/viewarticle.asp?a=10254 [[Click link above for video, no embed option]] One of the most vigorous advocates of health care reform has passed, but Ted Kennedy’s cause is still going strong. On Thursday, a health care reform rally was held at the Tabernacle Methodist Church in Binghamton. Organizers hope that the presentation [...]
Prove that N.Y. isn’t for sale
Times Union Albany, NY http://www.timesunion.com/AspStories/story.asp?storyID=816473&category=OPINION Your June 19 editorial, “Ticket to scalp,” was right on target in stating that the recent law extending the right of ticket scalpers to resell tickets to sports and entertainment events without any limit on the resale price is bad public policy. New York’s experiment in reregulating entertainment ticket prices [...]
New Report Favors Public Financing of NY Elections
WAMC Albany, NY http://www.publicbroadcasting.net/wamc/news.newsmain/article/1/0/1510250/WAMC.New.York.News/New.Report.Favors.Public.Financing.of.NY.Elections As the New York State Senate begins a process of seeking public comment on the shape of “public financing elections legislation,” Citizen Action of New York is out with a report that finds campaign contributions from corporate interests are used to block legislation that would help consumers, tenants and the environment. [...]
