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More Than 60% of New York’s Newest Veterans Have a Disability

Better access to appropriate health care and mental health services needed

October 7, 2024
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Mental Health of New Yorkers Stagnates Overall, Worsens for Some New Yorkers

More than three years after the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, rates of depression and anxiety among New Yorkers remain highly elevated.

June 21, 2023
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Food-Insecure New Yorkers Twice as Likely to Have Unsatisfactory Health

New survey finds New Yorkers experiencing food insecurity have worse health, skip medical care to afford food

August 16, 2022
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“Getting Serious About the Social Determinants of Health”

NYHealth President and CEO James R. Knickman takes a look at the persistent disparities in health caused by social determinants, and suggests bringing people from outside the health world to the health policy table as well as integrating the fields of medical care and public health.

May 9, 2013
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“Health Reform Session: 2013 GIH Meeting Tidbits”

Read a blog post from HealthAffairs GrantWatch on the March 2013 Grantmakers In Health annual meeting in San Francisco. The article cites former NYHealth President and CEO James R. Knickman, who spoke at one of the sessions on health reform.

May 9, 2013
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“A Costly Weight: Diabetes Adds 10% to All Our Health Bills”

Read a New York Post article on how the diabetes epidemic is driving up health insurance costs by more than 10 percent. The article quotes NYHealth Senior Vice President David Sandman.

April 30, 2013
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“Four WNY Counties Cited Among 22 in Need of Expanded Health Care”

Read a Buffalo Business First article on the Western New York counties with the greatest need for expanded primary care resources. The article cites a new NYHealth-funded report issued by the Community Health Care Association of New York State. The report addresses how New York’s community health centers can expand to serve hundreds of thousands more patients annually.

April 16, 2013
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New York’s Community Health Centers Could Provide One Million More Patient Visits Each Year

This first-ever plan for building the State’s community health center system projects the gains in capacity that could result from enhancing productivity and improving recruitment and retention of health care providers.

April 8, 2013
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“Will Obamacare Increase Insurance Costs in New York State?”

In his Huffington Post column, former NYHealth President and CEO James R. Knickman takes a look at the factors to consider nationally that could cause insurance rates to go up in 2014, and whether New York is expected to see changes in the cost of health insurance as a result.

April 2, 2013
Huffington Post
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