GNYHA Media Campaign

New York State’s leaders have reached agreement on the health care provisions of the New York State fiscal year (SFY) 2025 budget. I want to be clear that this outcome is not an ending, but instead just the beginning of our necessary work to end health disparities and Medicaid underpayments. Here is an excerpt from...

New York Governor Kathy Hochul held a press conference in Albany late this afternoon to announce a “conceptual agreement with legislative leaders on key priorities in the Fiscal Year 2025 New York State Budget.” The Governor’s high-level summary of the budget’s health care provisions lacked details, as evidenced by her press release. One important provision...

As budget deliberations enter their final stages, the GNYHA/1199SEIU Healthcare Education Project (HEP) continues to make the public case for a higher Medicaid reimbursement rate for hospitals and fewer health care disparities in low-income, predominantly Black and Brown communities. In this home stretch, 1199SEIU President George Gresham and I will meet in person with as...