News — Access to Health Care
Testimony: Hospital Costs and Access to Care
Governor Hochul’s Health Care To-Do List
Where the Mayoral Candidates Stand on Issues That Matter Most to Low-Income New Yorkers
Discharged Into Debt: Medical Debt and Racial Disparities in Albany County
Testimony on the Executive’s Proposed Health/Medicaid 2021-2022 Budget
Health Inequity Persists in New York City: Impact of COVID-19 on Low-Income New Yorkers’ Access to Health Care
Press Release: CSS Commends Northwell Health for Halting Lawsuits During the Pandemic
Press Release: Statement: CSS Applauds Gov. Cuomo and State Legislature for Providing Consumer Assistance to Medicaid Patients
Testimony: COVID-19 and New York’s Hospitals
Mapping How New York’s Hospitals Sue Vulnerable Patients
How Structural Inequalities in New York’s Health Care System Exacerbate Health Disparities During the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Call for Equitable Reform
Researchers and the media have extensively documented that people of color are more likely than white people to be exposed to COVID-19, require hospitalization, and die. This issue brief describes the cumulative impact of health policy and financing decisions in New York in the last 30 years that have created these conditions, and proposes recommendations for addressing them moving forward.