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Legal and Policy Assistance to Address Racial Health Equity

The Network for Public Health Law

Call for Applications for Legal and Policy Assistance to Promote Racial Health Equity Deadline: September 9, 2024 Join us for an informational webinar Thursday, August 29, 2024 | 12 – 1:00 p.m. The Network for Public Health Law supports health and health equity through law and policy.

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The Eisenhower Principle

The Health Care Blog

For example: Employer-sponsored health insurance tax preference (WWII) Hill-Burton Act (1946) Medicare/Medicaid (1965) Federal HMO Act (1973) Stark Physician Self-Referral Law (1989) DGRs (1983) & RBRVS (1992) CHIP (1997) Medicare Modernization Act (2003) Affordable Care Act (2010).

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HealthyNYC – Extending the Lifespan of New Yorkers

Fund for Public Health NYC

Years NEW YORK – New York City Mayor Eric Adams and New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH) Commissioner Dr. Ashwin Vasan today unveiled “ HealthyNYC , ” an ambitious plan to improve and extend the average lifespan of all New Yorkers. Update: March, 2024 – HealthyNYC codified into law. “ Dr.