400,000 New Yorkers dodged Obamacare health insurance mandate New York Upstate More than 400,000 New Yorkers failed to obtain health insurance in 2015 and many were required to pay tax […]
Archive Author: Hinman Straub
Health Headlines for Monday, August 21
U.S. study revives argument over mammogram screening Reuters Yearly mammograms starting at age 40 would prevent the most deaths from breast cancer, U.S. researchers reported on Monday in a challenge […]
Health Headlines for Thursday, August 17
A Start-Up Suggests a Fix to the Health Care Morass New York Times If you watched the drama in Washington last month, you may have come away with the impression […]
Plugged In @ Hinman Straub – August 16, 2017
Senate Majority Leader Treated for Alcohol Dependency New York City Mayor Proposes ‘Millionaires Tax’ to Fund Subway Repairs Governor Announces Funding for College-in-Prison Reentry Program State Offers Co-Payment Assistance For […]
Health Headlines for Wednesday, August 16
Teen Drug Overdoses Doubled From 1999 to 2015, CDC Reveals NBC News From 1999 to 2015, while America was grappling with wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, and the worst economic […]
Health Headlines for Tuesday, August 15
New York becomes first state to cover co-pays for Naloxone WHAM New York is now offering up to $40 in co-pay assistance for prescription Naloxone, or Narcan. Read Full Article […]
JCOPE Votes to Move Forward with Proposed Lobbying Regulations
Last week, the Joint Commission on Public Ethics (JCOPE), the state’s lobbying regulator, voted to move forward with its proposed comprehensive lobbying regulations. Last year, JCOPE’s staff released the proposed […]
Health Headlines for Friday, August 11
Trump Plans to Declare Opioid Epidemic a National Emergency New York Times President Trump said on Thursday that he was preparing to officially declare the United States’ worsening epidemic of […]
Plugged In @ Hinman Straub — August 9, 2017
Coverage of Albany and New York State government Governor Announces New Council on Women and Girls Governor Announces Disney/Netflix TV Productions Governors Cuomo, Christie Announce New Leadership at Port Authority […]
Health Headlines for Wednesday, August 9
Generic Drug Prices Are Falling, but Are Consumers Benefiting? New York Times Not all drug prices are going up. Read Full Article New York state program offers up to $40 […]