Health Care

A patient receives a vaccination.
Health Care
Health care proposals are heating up
Hot-button issues span vaccines, single-payer health care and the Medical Aid in Dying Act.
By REBECCA C. LEWIS
Policy
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Is there enough time to legalize recreational marijuana?
Health Care
Closing the window on recreational marijuana
Some advocates say the support is there, but time may be running out.
By REBECCA C. LEWIS
Policy
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A child in a wheelchair.
Health Care
Is the Justice Center just?
Critics say a state agency that investigates abuse and neglect in facilities serving people with special needs is unfair to the accused.
By ALISA PARTLAN, HELLA WINSTON
Policy
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Members of the Hasidic community in Brooklyn's Williamsburg neighborhood.
Health Care
Why rabbis can’t contain the measles outbreak
Ultra-Orthodox Jewish communities are becoming less deferential to their religious leadership.
By AARON SHORT
Policy
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Assembly Health Committee Chairman Richard Gottfried speaking during the "Making Health Coverage Available and Affordable to All New Yorkers" panel at City & State's Healthy NY Summit, Wednesday morning.
Health Care
No state Senate single-payer vote before 2020
But the hot-button health care issue is only heating up.
By REBECCA C. LEWIS
Policy
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The debate over vaccination policy has always been contentious.
Health Care
A guide to New York’s vaccination policy
New York City declared a public health emergency over a measles outbreak. This is why some children aren’t immunized.
By ANNIE MCDONOUGH
Policy
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A young woman smokes marijuana.
Health Care
The public health puzzle of legal pot
Without data, scientists aren’t sure whether to give marijuana the green light.
By REBECCA C. LEWIS
Policy
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The idea behind an opioid tax is to punish pharmaceutical companies for their role in the opioid epidemic.
Health Care
A look at the opioid crisis across New York
Recent spikes in opioid overdoses have also taken place in suburban and rural areas
By ERICA SCALISE
Policy
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ew York Assemblyman Richard Gottfried.
Health Care
Is it finally Richard Gottfried’s year for single-payer?
The Manhattan Democrat has been pushing a bill over a quarter century.
By ZACH WILLIAMS
Policy
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Mayor Bill de Blasio announces his administration will expand current city health care programs for every New York City resident.
Health Care
A breakdown of New York City’s new ‘universal health care’ plan
It’s an effort to get the uninsured to take advantage of existing programs.
By REBECCA C. LEWIS
Policy
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