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Medical Mystery: Why A Booming Health Sector Pays Low Wages
Home health aides are seeing some of the best growth of any sector in New York. But the growing demand for their services hasn't improved wages that leave many in or near poverty.
New Bill Would Change HIV Testing Across State
Gov. Paterson is expected to sign a bill that would mandate that physicians routinely offer their patients HIV testing, a move that experts say would reduce the rate of infection.
City Pulls Back From AIDS Services Cuts
A Push To Punish Docs Aiding Torture
AIDS Activists Threaten Lawsuit Against City
The activists say the mayor's proposed $4.2 million reduction of HASA's budget would force the agency to cut caseworkers to an illegal level.
Asthma In New York: Old News, New Battles
Fights over congestion pricing and the city's sanitation strategy have receded from the headlines. But in North Brooklyn, worry is still in the air.
Druggists Seek Rx For Medicaid Policy Problem
Independent pharmacists warn that unless the state changes how it pays for Medicaid, neighborhood drugstores could disappear.
Mentally Ill On Hold After Ruling
The state's appeal of a federal court decision on housing for the mentally ill has residents and advocates in limbo.
Healthcare
Currently, the United States uses a mixed market health care system. The government and private companies both provide health care. Additionally, private insurance and out-of-pocket co-pays make up over 15% of the health care system. In such a well-developed country, certain politicians find it imperative that the country shift to universal health care. Under the current system, about one in six adults in the U.S. do not have health care.
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NYC Needs Paid Sick Days, Not Lame Excuses
Thousands of New Yorkers face an impossible choice when they get sick: Go to work and get yourself and others sicker, or stay home and risk losing pay or your post.
Teen Sex Message Minces Few Words
Some have criticized the words that teens use to discuss sex in a new series of public service announcements. This author argues the only way to reach at-risk youth is to speak their language.
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Hospitals In Manhattan
Medical facilities in Manhattan and their number of beds. Source: New York State Department of Health
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An Investigation of Private Consultants in the Bloomberg Administration
