It’s time for the 2020 Census! There’s a lot of questions about what the Census is for and what it does. We have some answers! Why answer it? Because it does a lot! The census decides how Congressional seats are divided up, how schools are funded, if you get extra money for roads, where housing …
Creating political change is hard, and it’s difficult to know where to start. 2020 has been an unprecedented and challenging year. From emailing your local representative to voting this November – your voice matters now more than ever. But don’t take our word for it. Hear straight from the horses mouth, Assembly Member Gottfried sits …
The COVID-19 pandemic has been disproportionately detrimental for communities of color, and the percentage of positive antibody tests by NYC neighborhood reflects this problematic trend. The lesson to be learned? Public health and structural racism are deeply intertwined. To learn more disparate impacts of the pandemic and to view recommendations for future structural change read …
The percentage of positive antibody tests by NYC neighborhood tells an important story Read More »
The Kaiser Family Foundation came out with a major study today. The Foundation studied programs that help consumers sign up for health insurance — a major part of the Affordable Care Act. The results are incredible. More than 12 million people reached out to consumer assistance programs over the last year. Those programs helped 7,000,000 …
The Kaiser Family Foundation: Consumer Assistance Works! Read More »
As you may have read in part 1, I spent over $8,000 last year with insurance to pay for the diabetes supplies I need to keep me alive. But that excludes what I spent on supplies I didn’t realize were no longer covered until it was too late. How did this happen? In order to …
Formulary Changes: #Insulin4All’s Melissa Passarelli Read More »
Medicaid turned 50 this last week! Medicaid is a health insurance program that states and the federal government run together. It helps people who aren’t old enough for Medicare coverage, but may not have the resources for private insurance. It’s a lifeline for millions: For many people with low incomes, their children, and people with …
We’re launching a new video series! The series, Epicenter Experience, will focus on YOUR experiences with COVID-19 in New York. How has COVID-19 affected you emotionally, physically, and financially? What did you do to cope with quarantine and social distancing? How have you felt about the changes that have happened? What would you like to …
The Community Service Society of New York, with help from BetaNYC, released a map highlighting the medical debt crisis in New York. The results are shocking. What’s the problem? According to CSSNY’s research, New York hospitals sued patients more than 40,000 times between 2015 and 2019. This means that, on average, New York’s hospitals filed …
Mapping How New York’s Hospitals Sue Vulnerable Patients Read More »
Do you use Slack or Tiktok? Then We The Patients has two new channels for you to join us on! We’ve started a Slack channel and a TikTok account, and we’ll be using both regularly throughout the months to come. We’ll be adding more content on both as time goes by, and we invite you …
Kistein Monkhouse, We The Patients Storytelling advisor, has a new documentary: Humanizing Health Care! Humanizing Health Care is an in-depth exploration of the many systemic issues in healthcare that patients struggle with every day. Through stories from patients, healthcare providers, activists, and policymakers from across the country, Humanizing Health Care unpacks the history of healthcare …
Humanizing Health Care – New Documentary by Kistein Monkhouse! Read More »
