Healthcare Education

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

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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

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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 [...]

Outraged New Yorkers Across the Political Spectrum Say No to Medicaid Cuts

Editor's Note: Last names are withheld from this release to protect individuals from doxing. Ahead of House Budget Markups, Healthcare Workers and Community Advocates Deliver Petitions Signed by 11,160 New [...]

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

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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

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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

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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 [...]

Queens Chronicle: Women’s Health Symposium at York

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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, [...]

Health Care Advocates Across the Nation Tell Elected Officials: “Hands Off Medicaid”

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On January 8, Healthcare Education Project, 1199SEIU, faith leaders, community members and health care advocates joined Protect Our Care for “Hands off Medicaid” rallies to tell Congress that Medicaid cuts must be off the table as officials negotiate a forthcoming budget reconciliation package.

HEP Celebrates 25 Years of Fighting for Healthcare at SOMOS Conference in Puerto Rico

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The Healthcare Education Project celebrated 25 years of education, service and advocacy at the SOMOS Conference in Puerto Rico on November 7, 2024.

HEP Celebrates Twenty-Five Years of Healthcare Advocacy and Action!

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For 25 years, the Healthcare Education Project (HEP) been a forceful advocate for quality, affordable healthcare and evolved into one of the nation's most influential advocacy voices. As a unique [...]