Medical Debt

POLICY ADVOCACY

Empire Justice Center Testimony at the Executive Budget Hearing on Human Services

Testimony before the Joint Legislative Committees on human services in the 2010-2011 ...

Empire Justice Center Testimony at the Executive Budget Hearing on Health

Testimony presented at the joint legislative hearing on the 2010 - 2011 Executive Bud...

PUBLICATIONS

In Sickness and In Debt

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Medicaid Matters

Finding a Better Way: Ten consumer-friendly ideas to improve New York’s Medicaid prog...

NEWSLETTERS

January 2010 :

Empire Justice Center's bi-monthly newsletter for DAP Advocates Read More


UPCOMING EVENTS

Medicaid 101 - Health Care Programs for People with HIV

This training will provide case managers and other client advocates with basic inform...

Maximizing Health coverage for DAP clients - Before and After Winning the Case

Brief overview will include: recent changes to Medicaid, Family Health Plus and Child...

 

The Nuts & Bolts of Hospital Charity Care Rules
August 13, 2009
Charity care refers to free or low cost care provided by hospitals to uninsured or underinsured patients. New York State has provided significant state funding to hospitals for charity care since 1983, but it wasn't until 2007 that hospitals were actually required to provide charity care to uninsured patients under the Hospital Financial Assistance Law (HFAL). Read More

New Protection from Medical Debt
August 1, 2006
New York State took a major step to combat medical debt this session when the Legislature and Governor Pataki agreed upon the terms of comprehensive charity care legislation Read More