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Health Care Reform

Understanding what the new health care reform law means for people with cancer.

What is the Best Available Care?
Post Date: January 4, 2012

We are all patients at some time in our lives and we all want the best available care. But how is 'best" determined in the health care world? It must be based on the evidence that comes from clinical trials that are done to compare what is the standard of care and what is new...a new technology; a new treatment.
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Health Care Reform: What Does It Mean for NY?
Post Date: November 18, 2011 By Anne Grant

Carrie Tracy, Health Policy Associate with Community Service Society of New York, presented November 17, 2011 at SHARE. 

See the slideshow from her talk!
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Prescription Drug Discount Cards- Now Available
Post Date: August 25, 2011 By Anne Grant

As a result of legislation passed by the City Council, the NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH) has developed a new prescription drug discount card program called BigAppleRx.
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Premium Rates are Rising -- Make Your Voice Heard!
Post Date: August 22, 2011 By Anne Grant

Health Care For All New Yorkers is featuring a post on their web site about how health insurance companies are raising the costs of their plans yet again
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The Affordable Care Act and How It Affects New Yorkers: Watch the Video
Post Date: June 15, 2011

SHARE hosted a program on health care reform on May 12, 2011. The program featured Elisabeth Benjamin, Vice President of Health Initiatives at the Community Service Society.
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Insurance for People with Pre-Existing Conditions
Post Date: March 14, 2011 By Anne Grant

Last month I learned about a new temporary health insurance program for people with pre-existing conditions who have not had health insurance for six months.
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