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StateWide’s Budget Briefing Presentation – May 16, 2025
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Action Alerts:
- 5/2/25: Support S138 to uphold patients’ rights to autonomy, dignity and self-determination.
- 4/25/25: The Older Americans Act Needs Reauthorization – Federal Budget Funding for Services are in Jeopardy!
- 4/18/25: Help Build Momentum for the NY Health Act
- 4/4/25: Contact your state Assembly and Senate representatives to ask that the budget include a provision to ensure Medicaid covers comprehensive dental care.
- 3/21/25: Calls are Still Needed on These Important Budget Issues
- 3/14/25: Prevent a Cut in Medicaid Home Care Eligibility for Future Enrollees
- 1/31/25: Governor’s Proposed State Budget Jeopardizes StateWide’s Patients Rights Helpline
- 6/7/24: Federal regulations establishing minimum nursing home staffing at risk of being repealed.
- 5/24/24: Oppose a fiscal commission proposing cuts to programs like Social Security and Medicare
- 5/17/24: Oppose House Agriculture Farm Bill Proposal That Weakens SNAP and Cuts Future Benefits
- 5/17/24: Support is needed for a bill written by StateWide to improve the EPIC program
- 5/3/24: To support Senate bill 8388/Assembly bill 7866-A to prevent any diminishing of health benefits for all public employees below what they had as of November 1, 2022.
- 2/9/24: Ask New York Congressional Leadership to Expand Cancer Screenings for Seniors this Year
NY Health Act (Single Payer)
StateWide supports the right of New Yorkers to have a universal, single payer health system, eliminating premiums and co-payments for access to quality health care services. For more information please see the following links:
NYS CONSUMER DIRECTED MEDICAID HOME CARE GETS AN EXTENSION
NYS CONSUMER DIRECTED MEDICAID HOME CARE GETS AN EXTENSION A federal judge has delayed the requirement to be using the new single fiscal intermediary (FI) until June 6. Note: home care users will have until May 15 to enroll in the new system and workers will have...
SOCIAL SECURITY MAINTAINS PHONE SERVICE
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