This week, we’re announcing our new video series! #WeTheImmigrants will be about empowering and amplifying the voices of immigrants and BIPOC. We want to hear your stories about your healthcare experience as an immigrant and/or as person with a lived experience of having immigrant family members or other close ties. Was it difficult to get …
Maia shares her story as a patient in New York. Although Maia was on track to become a professional dancer, her asthma prevented her from continuing. Instead, she has had a total of six hospital stays since January. She has good insurance, and yet she has received countless hospital bills, including $2000 bill from a …
Deeply in debt by the age of 24 – Maia Rosenberg, NYC Read More »
Welcome to the eleventh installment of our #epicenterexperience series! New Yorkers discuss how the COVID-19 pandemic affected their lives in our Epicenter Experience video series. Consumers tell us how they coped financially, emotionally, or physically during quarantine. Watch Nick’s story below. Nick shares how he sees his previous work during the pandemic: While he wasn’t …
Not sure if you’ve heard, but there’s a big election coming up! This year, New Yorkers will vote for more than just a President. In fact, depending on where you live, you could be voting on more than half a dozen positions! Your Representatives, your State Senators, your State Assembly Members — all of them …
Make Your Voice Heard This Election: Make a Plan to Vote! Read More »
Join We The Patients this Thursday, October 22, from 4 p.m. to 6 p.m. as we moderate the break out session: When Neglect Becomes Murder: Black Women’s Health and Resettlement. This event is part of Community Service Society of New York series, Full Participation is a Human Right. A discussion led by lived experiences. Shawanna …
Event: When Neglect Becomes Murder: Black Women’s Health and Resettlement Read More »
Welcome to the tenth installment of our #epicenterexperience series! Epicenter Experience is a video series where consumers like you share exactly what it’s like living in NYC during quarantine. We’ve gathered personal stories about how New Yorkers were impacted financially, emotionally, or physically by COVID-19. Watch Emily’s story below! Emily talks about the need for …
#EpicenterExperience: Moving Towards Healthcare Reform After COVID-19 Read More »
How did the ACA make care more affordable? The ACA made health insurance more affordable in three ways. First, it requires most people to have coverage; the more people who band together to buy coverage, the cheaper it becomes for everyone. Second, it provides financial assistance for people to be able to buy commercial coverage …
Written by Ursula Rozum & YuLing Koh Hsu, of the Campaign for New York Health Act and the Poor People’s Campaign. Video shot by Kistein Monkhouse, of Patient Orator. “If your house catches on fire, the fire department comes, and they don’t ask whether you’ve paid your fire premium. If your child is ready to …
Are you an advocate working in digital media? Do you have a passion for health care and want to advocate for change – but are currently abiding by quarantine restrictions? If this sounds like you, join our social media working group and be part of the change you want to see! Read below and if …
Health plans in New York are involved in something called rate review. It happens every year, but what is it? In short, rate review is how healthcare costs are decided. Every year, insurers submit a request to increase costs to the Department of Financial Services. Plans can also submit a request to decrease costs, but …
