Health Headlines for Tuesday, January 19
Health groups to push for additions to Cuomo budget
Politico New York
Health care lobbyists, advocates and policy wonks who thumbed through Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s budget proposals last Wednesday had plenty to celebrate: a robust paid family leave proposal, new money for spinal cord research, a $91 million commitment to breast cancer, as well as continuing investments in expanding health insurance and transforming the delivery system.
For Now, Bernie Sanders’s Health Plan Is More of a Tax Plan
New York Times
If you read the news articles over the weekend about Senator Bernie Sanders’s new single-payer health reform plan, you might have thought you were reading about tax policy, not health care.
Smaller hospitals not fearful of possible Utica health center
Observer Dispatch
For several smaller local hospitals, the prospect of a large regional medical center in downtown Utica is a welcome idea.
In Rural Alabama, a Longtime Mistrust of Medicine Fuels a Tuberculosis Outbreak
New York Times
When Patricia Church, a 41-year-old warehouse worker, felt sick recently, she suspected that she had a cold. But she also feared something more deadly that has been going around this small, impoverished city: tuberculosis.
Some 9/11 First Responders Slam Donald Trump for Not Backing Their Health Care Funding
ABC News
Republican presidential front-runner Donald Trump has repeatedly invoked New York City’s response to the Sept. 11 terror attacks after Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, said he represented “New York values.”