medicare and medicaid

An illustration symbolizing the high cost of outpatient medical care at hospital facilities in New York, with elements representing the disparity in costs and the legislative efforts to address it, including a larger hospital building on one side and a smaller doctor's office on the other.

NY hospital outpatient care costs four times more than doctors' offices

Robert Beck

A new report finds that New York residents pay significantly more for outpatient medical care at hospital facilities than at doctor’s offices.

Health & Medicine

Labor and Management at Crouse Hospital Urge NYS Lawmakers to Restore Cuts to Medicaid

Scott Willis

Labor and Management at Crouse hospital presented a unified message to state lawmakers today to restore cuts to Medicaid. Hospitals were originally slated…

Health & Medicine

CNYers Increasingly Worried About Future of Medicare and Medicaid on the Programs' 53rd Birthday

Scott Willis

About two dozen activists from labor and community groups gathered on South Salina Street downtown Monday to mark the 53rd birthday of Medicaid and…