Sentences with phrase «health safety net»

The effort to bar Planned Parenthood health centers from receiving any federal funds would shatter the country's public health safety net and jeopardize women's health.

«The 2011 cuts were devastating to the women's health safety net,» said Aimee Arrambide, a policy associate at the Texas Women's Healthcare Coalition.

«The CDC's startling numbers highlight our need to focus more resources on our public health safety net and on prevention services.

Screen patients for eligibility of Mass Health, Health Safety Net, Connector Care, or in - hospital financial assistance and assisting in completing applications

You'll need other things to make sure you've got a full health safety net, and you should take them into account when you're shopping for plans.

The contributions benefit nonprofit organization that help strengthen the health safety net and address and prevent domestic violence in California.

Creating your family's health safety net is not easy, but with the right information, you can make the healthiest choices for all your family members, two - legged and four.

Schools Struggle to Provide Dental Health Safety Net Hundreds of thousands of low - income children suffering from dental disease, some with teeth rotted to the gum line, are presenting California school districts with a widespread public health problem.

«Federal funding cliff could cause health safety net clinics to shrink by one - quarter.»

Not exact matches

By 2026, 22 million fewer Americans would have health coverage and enrollment in the Medicaid safety net program for the poor «would fall by about 16 percent and an estimated 49 million people would be uninsured, compared with 28 million who would lack insurance that year under current law.»

The Fortune Society helps to provide a safety net for ex-felons, often working with them even before release, providing work training, affordable housing options, outpatient substance abuse treatment, a mental health clinic, and even paid internships.

Despite the safety net of health insurance, many consumers don't have a financial cushion to protect against health emergencies, Brookings says, amid a complicated cocktail of insurance plans and doctor recommendations that can be hard to parse.

More controversially, Obama expanded the health care safety net through the Affordable Care Act.

The safety net for health services, especially in rural areas, fell apart.

(Having universal health care to create a safety net under all of these budding entrepreneurs would be another.)

The three main areas where my direct advice went unheeded were the following: (1) the need for large - scale financial assistance [29] for Russia, which I deemed (and still deem) to have been essential to molding a political consensus around reforms, and to bolstering the financial situation enough to achieve a modicum of success in the fight against hyperinflation; (2) the need for strong monetary and fiscal policy to achieve a rapid end to inflation [30]; and (3) the urgency of establishing a social safety net [31], especially in health care and pensions, to ensure an adequate social and political base for societal transformation and democratization.

Our shared values extend from democracy and a respect for the rule of law, to a generous social safety net and universal health care.

I'd like a guaranteed income, single - payer health care, a stronger safety net, etc..

Building on nearly 40 years of disaster response expertise, Americares will be working with safety net health care facilities throughout Texas and Louisiana in the coming months to use the lessons learned from Harvey to improve responses to future storms.

The teams focused on meeting survivors» health needs, increasing access to care and preparing safety net health facilities to better prepare for future storms.

Our extensive U.S. Program partnerships with a network of local safety net clinics and health centers provides the foundation for the speed of our response and the magnitude and quality of our recovery efforts.

If Romney wants a running mate who can explain how Republican policies can lower health care premiums, increase jobs, lower energy prices, get government to work better for less money, and maintain the safety net for our elderly while avoiding huge tax increases, then Jindal is the guy.

Moving beyond laissez - faire, democratic governments have also formed safety nets for those who can not compete effectively, regulated workplaces to protect worker safety, and guaranteed universal access to education and health services.

Canada is far less religious than the US (way more atheists per capita), and yet has fewer abortions per capita, far less gun violence per capita (despite being just as ethnically diverse), is a peacekeeping country, less divorce per capita, has universal health care, more social safety nets, and Canadians are considered much nicer than Americans.

($ 753 billion for all three programs) Safety net programs ($ 482 billion) provide aid (other than health insurance or Social Security benefits) to individuals and families facing hardship.

bringing food safety net programs up to scale at the national level with investments that target better health, nutrition and formal education programs.

Federal funding of up to $ 500,000 exists for such a center through the Affordable Care Act, which allocates money to school - based health centers to be safety net providers.

«Breastfeeding is a natural safety net against the worst effects of poverty... exclusive breastfeeding goes a long way towards cancelling out the health difference between being born into poverty or being born into affluence.

The PPA will help represent the state pediatric dentistry association in promoting children's oral health issues with the state legislature and other elected bodies, state regulatory agencies (including Medicaid and health departments), licensing bureaus, professional health and child welfare organizations, oral health coalitions, foundations, institutions of dental education, publicly - funded safety net programs, and the private sector benefits industry.

DiNapoli declined to pick sides in the latest fight between Cuomo and NYC Mayor Bill de Blasio over funding for NYC Health + Hospitals, the nation's largest municipal public hospital system and New York's largest provider of safety - net care.

The truly impoverished do have a safety net in place already, with social welfare payments, food allowances and government - provided health insurance.

The state still faced the loss of billions in funding for safety - net hospitals, for Child Health Plus (which covers some 400,000 low - income children), and for the Essential Plan (which covers some 700,000 low - income adults).

«The programme provides a social safety net that improves the health and education of the poorest and most vulnerable children.

The grants are largely designed to slash avoidable hospital admissions and emergency room visits 25 percent by the year 2020, and also ensure the financial sustainability of safety net healthcare providers, explained New York State Health Commissioner Dr. Howard Zucker.

Elaine Becker, retired Director of Public Health Nursing, Erie County Jim Sampson, CEO, Gateway - Longview Kevin Kumor, CSEA Joan Guarino, former First Deputy Commissioner of Social Services Jeff Pirrone, Supervisor, Oishei Foundation's Mobile Safety - Net Team Dr. Thomas Rosenthal, MD, Chairman, UB Department of Family Medicine Denise Krause, Clinical Professor and Associate Dean for Community Engagement and Alumni Relations, UB School of Social Work Gaen Hooley, NYSNA Belle Walls Montree, Vice President, Behavioral Health Services, Child and Family Services

The proposed cuts in Medicaid, the health insurance program for low - income and disabled people, would shift $ 4.5 billion in costs from the federal government to New York, its counties and safety net hospitals.

They are concerned that they will face increased discrimination, the loss of health care, the dismantling of a safety net.

Money from the fund supports some of the state's most important safety net programs --» the State's Medicaid program, Family Health Plus, workforce recruitment and retention, the Elderly Pharmaceutical Insurance Coverage (EPIC) program, Child Health Plus (CHP), Graduate Medical Education, AIDS programs, disproportionate share payments to hospitals and other various public health initiatives,» according to the state's financialHealth Plus, workforce recruitment and retention, the Elderly Pharmaceutical Insurance Coverage (EPIC) program, Child Health Plus (CHP), Graduate Medical Education, AIDS programs, disproportionate share payments to hospitals and other various public health initiatives,» according to the state's financialHealth Plus (CHP), Graduate Medical Education, AIDS programs, disproportionate share payments to hospitals and other various public health initiatives,» according to the state's financialhealth initiatives,» according to the state's financial plan.

So I will say this, we must absolutely preserve public safety, we must absolutely preserve education, we must absolutely preserve health care, and our safety net for our poorest New Yorkers.

Another bill passed unanimously in both houses would narrow the definition of a safety - net hospital and instruct the state health commissioner to raise reimbursement rates for hospitals that meet the new criteria.

These cuts also diminish the quality of health care received by more than 2.8 million New Yorkers who are served by our public and safety net hospitals.

His proposal to slash funds for health care, education and other social safety net services endangers the lives of those who need them and the jobs of workers who provide them,» said District Council 37 Executive Director Lillian Roberts.

The legislation, which passed unanimously and now heads to Gov. Andrew Cuomo's desk, would narrow the definition of a safety - net hospital and instruct the state health commissioner to raise reimbursement rates for hospitals that meet the new criteria.

Kelly and Jimmy lobbied for the county takeover of Safety Net and election charges, enacted a new cost - saving health insurance plan for town employees, and worked with county, state and federal officials to promote economic development.

Our trip to Staten Island is part of «Restore the American Promise,» a statewide campaign comprised of a coalition of health care advocates, unions, and other progressive organizations determined to save our social safety net.

The scale and scope of the damage from Katrina have made rebuilding Louisiana's health - care safety net a massive undertaking.

The largest urban health systems, which serve as safety nets for large patient populations with lower socioeconomic status and greater likelihood to speak English as a second language, do worse on government patient satisfaction scores than smaller, non-urban hospitals likely to serve white customers with higher education levels, according to a new study by Mount Sinai researchers published this month in the Journal of Hospital Medicine.

Within five years Human Dx aims to become available to all 1,300 safety net community health centers and free clinics in the U.S..

The National Center for Children in Poverty (NCCP) at Columbia University's Mailman School of Public Health has launched an updated and enhanced edition of its 50 - State Policy Tracker, a unique online tool for comparing safety net policies that are critical to the economic security of working families.

«Safety - net hospitals remain vital resource for minority patients following health reform.»