Healthcare/Single Payer links
NYHA site:
General ACA:
Governor Cuomo Announces Impact of Potential Affordable Care Act Repeal in New York
Affordable Care Act repeal could cut into opioid treatment
http://www.uticaod.com/news/20170224/affordable-care-act-repeal-could-cut-into-opioid-treatment
Addiction Treatment Grew Under Health Law. Now What?
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/02/10/health/addiction-treatment-opiods-aca-obamacare.html
New York will take huge hit in GOP health bill, experts agree
http://buffalonews.com/2017/03/23/wny-hospitals-health-analysts-lash-gop-obamacare-replacement/
Coverage Losses Under the ACA Repeal Bill for Congressional Districts in All States
How many could lose coverage in your CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT?
http://acasignups.net/17/03/22/updated-how-many-could-lose-coverage-your-congressional-district
How the Affordable Care Act Drove Down Personal Bankruptcy
http://www.consumerreports.org/personal-bankruptcy/how-the-aca-drove-down-personal-bankruptcy/
Single Payer:
NY Unions Push for State ‘Medicare for All’ System
http://www.singlepayernewyork.org/2017/04/20/ny-unions-push-for-state-medicare-for-all-system/
A SINGLE PAYER SYSTEM IN NEW YORK STATE (NY State Nurses Association)
https://www.nysna.org/our-campaigns/healthcare-all/single-payer-system-new-york-state#.WQK3ZFPyvVp
https://salsa4.salsalabs.com/o/50772/images/A5062A-S3525A_MOS5.3.16NYHealth.pdf
California single-payer healthcare bill passes first committee test
http://www.latimes.com/politics/la-pol-sac-single-payer-healthcare-20170426-story.html
Single-payer health system could save billions
https://www.healthcare-now.org/blog/single-payer-health-system-could-save-billions/
ECONOMIC ANALYSIS OF THE NEW YORK HEALTH ACT (by Econ professor in 2015)
http://www.infoshare.org/main/Economic_Analysis_New_York_Health_Act_-_GFriedman_-_April_2015.pdf
Support Growing for NY Single-Payer Bill
Report: Single-payer health coverage could save New York billions of dollars
Heroin and Opioid Addiction:
Governor Cuomo Announces New Health Insurance Reforms to Combat Heroin and Opioid Abuse to Take Effect January 1
Insurance Circular Letter No. 6 (2016) – Coverage for Substance Abuse Disorder Treatment
http://www.dfs.ny.gov/insurance/circltr/2016/cl2016_06.pdf
NYS Heroin Task Force Report
https://www.governor.ny.gov/sites/governor.ny.gov/files/atoms/files/HeroinTaskForceReport_3.pdf
Elderly:
How Medicare Fails the Elderly (opinion)
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/10/16/opinion/sunday/how-medicare-fails-the-elderly.html
Medicare coverage for aging parents’ care is not nearly enough
http://www.pbs.org/newshour/making-sense/medicare-coverage-aging-parents-care-nearly-enough/
Lyme Disease:
LymeLight Foundation website
https://lymelightfoundation.org/about-lyme/after-the-bite/