Category: Health and Safety

August 29, 2013 By Tom Canty, Vice President and General Manager, Empire BlueCross BlueShield Government, Labor and Special Accounts Labor Day seems to be synonymous with heading back to school. So,

August 26, 2013 By Marc Bussanich  New York, NY—Fifty years after the Great March on Washington great progress has been made to secure racial justice, but economic difficulties for millions

August 26, 2013 By Stephanie West New York, NY— Plaintiffs in the legal action to keep Long Island College Hospital open secured a major victory with a court order that

August 23, 2013 By Marilyn Martinucci Americans guzzle down insanely large quantities of soda and liquid sugar each year. The typical American drinks about 50 gallons of soda or other

August 23, 2013 By Stephanie West New York, NY — Public Advocate Bill de Blasio has filed a motion in federal bankruptcy court to halt the closure of Interfaith Medical

August 19, 2013 By Neal Tepel Terry O’Sullivan, General President of LIUNA sent this letter to President Obama regarding issues of concern with the Protection and Affordable Care Act. Mr.

August 12, 2013 By Stephanie West New York, NY  — As a result of investments in coordination of patient care and expanded programs to improve quality and wellness, EmblemHealth informed

August 10, 2013 By Neal Tepel New York, NY – The Municipal Labor Committee (MLC) today filed in the Supreme Court of the State of New York a breach of

August 8, 2013 By Neal Tepel New York – Public Advocate Bill de Blasio released a new analysis of Red Hook’s access to nearby hospitals, showing that one of the

August 8, 2013 By Joe Maniscalco New York, NY – August is National Immunization Awareness Month, but the bitter revelation that in a few short weeks the Bloomberg administration intends to shut