Healthcare Education

Healthcare Education Project Statement on the Largest Cut to Healthcare in American History

July 3, 2025 | No Comments

Today, Congress approved a budget bill that is heading to the President's desk to be signed into law. Although we had hoped that Senators would moderate the devastating cuts to [...]

GNYHA and 1199SEIU Oppose House Reconciliation Bill That Dramatically Harms New Yorkers and their Healthcare

May 22, 2025 | No Comments

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This morning, the House of Representatives passed the One Big Beautiful Bill Act of 2025, a budget reconciliation bill that calls for one of the largest cuts to healthcare in [...]

1199SEIU and GNYHA Commend New York’s Leaders for Protecting Healthcare in the State Budget

May 9, 2025 | No Comments

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1199SEIU/GNYHA Commend Governor Kathy Hochul, Assembly Speaker Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie & Majority Leader Andrea Stewart-Cousins for Protecting Healthcare in Budget The Greater New York Hospital Association (“GNYHA”) and 1199SEIU [...]

Rochester First: Federal Cuts in NY: Citizens Voice Concerns in Batavia

April 15, 2025 | No Comments

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14 counties gathered Tuesday in Batavia to discuss the potential effects of proposed federal funding cuts to Medicaid, Medicare, education, and veteran services. A panel of leaders and community stakeholders [...]

Watch: Healthcare Education Project on The Public Good Podcast

April 10, 2025 | No Comments

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As of February 2024, around 42% of New Yorkers across the state are enrolled in a Medicaid or Essential Plan. While some funding is state tax dollars, impending threats of [...]

Yonkers Times: More Than One Thousand Rally in Mt. Kisco to Oppose Cuts to Social Security, Medicaid, and Essential Services

April 7, 2025 | No Comments

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On Saturday, April 5, at 10 a.m., over a thousand community members and unionists rallied at the Mt. Kisco train station, to protest proposed cuts to Social Security, Medicaid, and [...]

Long Island Herald: Medicaid Cuts Threaten Healthcare Access

March 28, 2025 | No Comments

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Rep. Laura Gillen, center, was joined by Cynthia Ngombe, left, Assemblywoman Michaelle Solages, healthcare worker Claire Leon, and Nate Jackson, to discuss Medicaid funding. Healthcare Education Project advocate Cynthia Ngombe [...]

Queens Chronicle: Women’s Health Symposium at York

March 20, 2025 | No Comments

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State Sen. Leroy Comrie partners with Healthcare Education Project, York College, and Jamaica Hospital Medical Center for the ninth annual Women’s Health Symposium at York College in Jamaica, Saturday, March 29, [...]

Congressman Hakeem Jeffries Holds Medicaid Teach-In With New York’s Largest Healthcare Union, Urging Them to Fight for Essential Care

March 18, 2025 | No Comments

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In Moderated Conversation, Warns of Threats to Hospitals and Nursing Homes as Part of Massive Medicaid Cuts in Budget Resolution Monday, March 17, New York, NY – At the headquarters [...]

George Gresham: Medicaid Cuts Will Harm Millions

February 25, 2025 | No Comments

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It is hard to imagine a more appalling trade: sacrificing the health of working class and low-income families so that the ultra-rich can grow even richer. But this is precisely [...]

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