Category: Health and Safety

Testimony Against The HHC Proposal To Privatize Dialysis Services

July 25, 2012By Joe Maniscalco Nurses convinced that the growing trend to slash hospital staff and privatize treatment is endangering the lives of patients, held a summit on Tuesday morning

July 23, 2012By Dr. William A. Gillespie, MD, Senior Vice President and Chief Medical Officer, EmblemHealth In keeping with EmblemHealth’s longstanding commitment to the health and well-being of New York’s

July 20, 2012By Joe Maniscalco Union fears that the Health And Hospitals Corporation is about to “destroy the village in order to save it,” fell on deaf ears on Thursday

July 17, 2012LaborPress Editorial By Neal Tepel, Publisher The New York City Health and Hospitals Corporation (HHC) wants to sell off in-patient and outpatient dialysis services to a private company

July 16, 2012By Joe Maniscalco Opponents hoping to stop the New York City Health and Hospitals Corporation (HHC) from completing the outsourcing of the system’s dialysis services are stepping up

July 9, 2012Around Town by Neal Tepel On June 28, 2012, the Supreme Court upheld the Affordable Care Act and most provisions as constitutional. The law requires everyone have “minimum

May 31, 2012By Tom Canty, Vice President and General Manager for Labor, Government and Special Accounts at Empire BlueCross BlueShield Empire is looking at ways to help health care evolve,

May 7, 2012By Marc Bussanich, LaborPress City Reporter The HRM Children’s Foundation was incorporated in 2009 with the intent of assisting poor and underprivileged children in the Philippines. The Foundation helps