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SafeRx legislation passes as part of state budget (The Daily Record)
The final state budget passed last week included approval of SafeRx legislation designed to make prescription drug labels easier to understand for people with limited English, people with disabilities and seniors.
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NYS Foreclosure Prevention Services Progam Campaign Celebrates Albany Collaboration to Restore Funding
The New York State Foreclosure Prevention Services campaign today thanks and applauds the groundbreaking agreement among Governor Andrew Cuomo, Attorney General Eric Schneiderman and the New York State Legislature to provide six months of critical funding for the statewide Foreclosure Prevention Services Program in the FY 2012-13 budget.
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Significant Victories in State Budget to Benefit Struggling New Yorkers
After an initial review of the budget agreement struck by the Governor and Legislative leaders this week, the Empire Justice Center declared victory on several important initiatives that will have a positive impact on New Yorkers who are struggling financially.
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Albany is playing games with health exchange legislation (Democrat & Chronicle)
New York needs an exchange that will fit our unique and complicated health insurance landscape in order to maximize the number of people who will gain coverage.
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Aging & Health Groups Call on Governor Cuomo to Restore Harsh Cuts to Senior Rx Program
Senior advocates, pharmacists, aging and health care counselors, and cancer prevention organizations are calling on Governor Andrew Cuomo to restore copayment assistance to older New Yorkers who are enrolled in the Elderly Pharmaceutical Insurance Coverage (EPIC) program.
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Seniors struggling after Rx program changes (Democrat & Chronicle)
A month after changes to New York's Elderly Pharmaceutical Insurance Coverage program, senior citizens around the state are having trouble covering the cost of their prescription drugs.
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Empire Justice Statement on Governor Cuomo’s State of the State Address
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Seniors’ drug costs likely to spike under new rules (Daily Gazette)
Drastic changes to the state’s supplemental drug program for seniors will result in higher out-of-pocket costs for enrollees, warn advocates for elderly and low-income state residents.
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Advocates for Seniors Warn About Eliminating EPIC (WAMC Northeast Public Radio)
Advocates for Senior citizens are calling on the New York State Legislature to reject cuts to prescription drug coverage by preserving the existing "EPIC" program - Capital District Bureau Chief Dave Lucas reports.
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Advocates warn about loss of drug cost subsidy
Seniors below a $35,000 annual income for singles and $50,000 for couples face the elimination of help paying for life-extending prescriptions under Gov. Cuomo's proposed budget.
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Advocacy groups say seniors can’t afford proposed prescription-benefit cuts (Politics on the Hudson)
AARP, the Empire Justice Center, Selfhelp Community Services and Statewide Senior Action are urging the Legislature to reject Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s proposal to cut the Elderly Pharmaceutical Insurance Coverage—EPIC—program, which has been in place for 25 years.
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Advocates: What Cuomo Could Get Done In 100 Days (Politics on the Hudson )
Good-government and environmental protection groups want Gov.-elect Andrew Cuomo to issue a series of executive orders in his first 100 days as a way to get the ball rolling on changing the state.
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Empire Justice Joins with Better Choice Budget Campain in Calling for State to Balance Budget by Raising Revenues, Not Cutting by Critical Services (A Better Choice for New York)
Campaign launches TV ads focused on closing corporate tax loopholes and asking wall street to help bail out Main Street.
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New York's Budget Negotiation Should Not Jeopardize Critical Medicaid Services for Vulnerable New Yorkers
Cuts to so-called Optional Medicaid Services are not optional at all.
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Empire Justice Joins Advocates to Decry Mid-Year Cuts
Press release announcing the press conference organized by New Yorkers for Fiscal Fairness, the Fiscal Policy Institute, Empire Justice Center and others to talk about alternatives to Governor Paterson's proposed DRP.
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Advocates Applaud the Governor and the Legislature for Approving a Budget that Maintains Access to Vital Prescription Drug Benefits for Seniors
The 2009-2010 State Budget acknowledges the difficulties low-income seniors face obtaining prescriptions through Medicare Part D plans.
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Spitzer State of the State Message Brings Message of Hope and Unity
Advocates from the Empire Justice Center expressed optimism as they watched Governor’s Spitzer’s State of the State address today.
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Advocates Applaud Governor Spitzer
Advocates Applaud Governor Spitzer Proposing Needed Improvements in Health Coverage, Housing and Increasing Child Support to Low Income Children in a Difficult Budget Year.
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