HEALTH CARE

Seeking a cure

Like the rest of the nation, New York is struggling to ensure access to affordable health care and health insurance for all of its residents. Over the past few years, the state has expanded several government-funded programs. But progress has been slight, and 15 percent of the state population still lacks health insurance. Examine state health care issues:

We asked respondents to rate the job that state government is doing in providing high quality health care, keeping health care affordable, increasing access to medical care and helping the uninsured get health care.

Quality | Affordability | Accessibility | Health Insurance

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Cost of Health Care

OTHER RESOURCES:

HEALTH OUTCOMES

Kaiser Family Foundation: State Health Profiles and Data
http://statehealthfactsonline.org/cgi-bin/healthfacts.cgi

NYS County Health Indicators from the Department of Health
http://www.health.state.ny.us/statistics/chip/index.htm

New York State Hospital Profiles
http://hospitals.nyhealth.gov/

National Survey of Children’s Health: NY State data
http://nschdata.org/Content/StatePrevalence.aspx?geo=New%20York

NYS Health Snapshot: United Health Foundation
http://www.unitedhealthfoundation.org/shr2005/states/NewYork.html

HEALTH CARE QUALITY

US Dept. of Health and Human Services:  Hospital Quality Comparison Tool
http://www.hospitalcompare.hhs.gov/

Alliance for Quality Healthcare::  NYS Hospital Quality Report Card(SM)
http://www.myhealthfinder.com/newyork05/glancechoose.htm

Alliance for Quality Healthcare:  New York State Preventable Hospitalizations(SM)
http://www.myhealthfinder.com/newyork05/prevs.html

NY State Health Care: Physician Profiles
http://www.nydoctorprofile.com/welcome.jsp

NY Department of Health: An Online Report on Managed Care Plans Performance in New York State
http://www.nyhealth.gov/health_care/managed_care/reports/eqarr/2005/main.htm

NYS HMO Report Card Online
http://www.nyshaf.org/index/hmo_report_card

HEALTH CARE AFFORDABILITY

HHC Options: Affordable Health Care in NYC
http://www.nyc.gov/html/hhc/html/community/hhc_options.shtml

Family Health Plus: Public Health Insurance for Uninsured Adults in NYS
http://www.health.state.ny.us/nysdoh/fhplus/index.htm

Child Health Plus: Public Health Insurance for Uninsured Children in NYS
http://www.health.state.ny.us/nysdoh/chplus/what_is_chp.htm

HEALTH CARE ACCESSIBILITY

Kaiser Commission on Medicaid & Uninsured (Medicaid Benefits in NYS)
http://www.kff.org/medicaid/benefits/state.jsp?nt=on&cat=0&yr=0&st=33

NYC Managed Care Consumer Assistance Program.
http://www.nycmccap.org/about.html

Shortages of Health Professionals by State: Bureau of Health Professionals
http://www.hpsafind.hrsa.gov/HPSASearch.aspx