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Prescription For Making Healthcare Enrollment More Customer-Friendly

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08/01/2014

Before open enrollment for Obamacare begins this fall, NY State should take steps to make the process for signing up more customer-friendly, writes James R. Knickman President & CEO, New York State Health Foundation, in the Huffington Post.

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New York Health Foundation

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Bloomberg Cited by NYTimes as Driver of Gun Control Progress Nationwide

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01/04/2016

With tens of millions of dollars to spend thanks to backers like Michael R. Bloomberg, the former mayor of New York, gun control groups have secured a number of surprising recent successes in Connecticut, Delaware and elsewhere.

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Public Policy

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NYS Health Launches Challenge Calling for NY Residents to Submit Ideas to Create Healthier Communities

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06/10/2016

In partnership with the New York State Health Foundation, the nonprofit In Our Backyards — also known as ioby — has launched a neighborhood challenge looking for project ideas aimed at creating healthier, safer and greener communities.

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As 12 Early Community Schools Face Funding Cuts, Advocates Question City’s Long-term Commitment

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06/17/2016

In New York City, an unexpected fight has flared up between proponents of social service-filled “community schools” and the administration of Mayor Bill de Blasio, one of the nation’s most outspoken champions of those schools.

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Ford Sponsors Memorial to Confront South's Troubled History of Lynchings

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09/29/2016

... to Confront South's Troubled History of Lynchings Southern states have long welcomed tourists retracing the footsteps of .....

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Diversity, Equity and Inclusion

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Arts

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Commonwealth Fund: Why and How to Avoid High-Risk Pools for Americans with Preexisting Conditions

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06/05/2017

... and replace the Affordable Care Act (ACA)—would allow states to apply for waivers to reduce existing consumer protections and provide funding for states to set up high-risk pools or other mechanisms for ... of...

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Trump to Discuss Hudson Tunnel Project With New York and New Jersey Leaders

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09/07/2017

... the future of a multibillion-dollar tunnel between the two states , according to people familiar with the meeting. The ... region and a top priority for many officials from the two states . It would provide a...

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Community Development

The War Against ‘Lunch Shaming’: NYC Joins Growing List of Cities and Districts That Are Rethinking Mealtime

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09/19/2017

New York City officials have announced that all 1.1 million public school students would be provided with a free daily lunch. This came a few months after state Senator Liz Krueger and state Assemblymember Jo Anne Simon introduced a bill to address...

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Food Systems

Health-Care Titan Centene Will Try to Duck Contraceptive Coverage With Pickup Of Church-Linked Provider, Manhattan Pol Warns

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09/21/2017

Manhattan state Sen. Brad Hoylman has written a letter to state regulators expressing concern that the company purchasing Fidelis Care for $3.75 billion said it will try to continue a policy for at least a year of not providing contraceptive and...

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Senators Revise Health Bill in Last-Ditch Effort to Win Votes

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09/25/2017

With time running short, the authors of the latest plan to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act shifted money in the bill to Alaska and Maine, which are represented by Republican senators who appear reluctant to support it.

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Cuomo Says Special Session Might Be Necessary to Allocate Public Hospital Funding

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10/04/2017

Gov. Andrew Cuomo said the state would be holding onto federal funding that helps offset uncompensated care until it can determine an equitable way to distribute the money. Those funds include money that was expected to be distributed last year and...

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New York’s Graduation Rate Could Drop Under New Federal Education Law

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10/05/2017

... law. The Every Student Succeeds Act, or ESSA, requires states to count only “standard” diplomas earned by a ...

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OSF Denounces Hungarian Government's Attacks Against Soros

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11/27/2017

... fences and opening of borders to immigrants by EU member states ; the redistribution of immigrants from Western Europe ...

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NYS Health Foundation Challenges Philanthropy to Do more to Fix our Flawed Health Care System

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01/12/2018

NYSHealth outlines some ways in which philanthropy can best empower health care consumers: by treating patients a partners and pushing for information transparency.

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NYS Health Foundation and The Laurie M. Tisch Center for Food, Education & Policy, Release New Reports on Strengthening Nutrition Education for New Yorkers

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01/17/2018

The reports provide a roadmap to improve the systems that help New Yorkers eat well throughout their lives.

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New York Health Foundation

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Bloomberg Awards $10 Million to Address Opioid Crisis in Michigan

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03/17/2019

... the grantmaker to address the opioid crisis in up to ten states . In partnership with Vital Strategies, the Pew ...

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28 Jul 2022

Funder Briefing with the Energy Foundation

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1:00pm to 2:30pm

... recently launched New York State as a priority in their States and Regions Program. EF is creating a holistic New ... into the EF’s top three priorities for New York in the States and Regions Program How EF...

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Salk Institute Receives $42 Million From Helmsley Charitable Trust to Create Research Center for Genomic Medicine

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01/24/2013

The Helmsley Center for Genomic Medicine will enable scientists in a range of fields to explore how certain cellular pathways serve as lynchpins for chronic diseases, which could lead to new therapy targets.

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The Leona M. and Harry B. Helmsley Charitable Trust

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Jonas Center for Nursing and Veterans Healthcare Passes Halfway Mark to Prepare 1,000 Faculty and Clinical Leaders by 2020

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02/05/2014

... nurses pursuing PhDs and DNPs, the terminal degrees in the field .... Jonas Center for Nursing and Veterans Healthcare ...

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