Health

The latest and perhaps last attempt to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act has failed due in no small part to the ongoing and significant involvement of nonprofit advocacy organizations.

The latest effort, Graham-Cassidy, is by far the worst for New York: it completely eliminates the Basic Health Plan (renamed the Essential Plan in New York), which offers excellent coverage for $46 or less to 700,000 New Yorkers.

Senate Republicans officially abandoned the latest plan to repeal the Affordable Care Act, shelving a showdown vote on the measure and effectively admitting defeat in their last-gasp drive to fulfill a core promise of President Trump and Republican...

A report titled, “Staten Island Needs Assessment,” has revealed significant gaps in access to addiction treatment in the borough.