Fight Big Pharma’s Price Gouging
By GREGORY N. HEIRES The January copay increases of the DC 37 Health & Security Plan’s prescription drug benefit show how we all are victims of the voracious [...]
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How to Cope with the Post-Election Blues
By JULIE BECK Collective trauma is “a shared experience of threat and anxiety in response to sudden or ongoing events that lead to some threat to a basic sense of belonging [...]
Unions and Community Activists Pressure Cuomo to Sign Safety-Net Legislation
By DIANE S. WILLIAMS As the December 31 deadline fast approaches, a coalition of health-care activists, elected leaders and working men and women call for Gov. Andrew Cuomo [...]
Union Backs Mayor’s Call for $2 Billion Infusion of New Funds for the City’s Public Hospitals
By DIANE S. WILLIAMS In a show of commitment to NYC Health + Hospitals, Mayor Bill de Blasio proposed a $2 billion infusion of aid to stop a financial hemorrhage that for [...]
Health Advocates Demand More State and Federal Funding for Public Hospitals
By ALFREDO ALVARADO DC 37 leaders joined health care activists and Public Advocate Letitia James, City Council member Vanessa Gibson and Manhattan Borough President Gale [...]
New York City and Municipal Unions Agree to Health-Benefit Changes
By GREGORY N. HEIRES Municipal unions and the city agreed to major benefit changes in February under a $3.4 billion plan to hold down health-care costs. The Municipal Labor [...]
Rising Morbidity of Workers
By JUAN FERNANDEZ The New York Times reported the findings of a 2015 study that showed that between 1999 and 2013, white middle-aged men and women in the United States — [...]
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