health care

Scorecard: NY health care has ups, downs
Lifestyle
AMY NEFF ROTH Observer-Dispatch, Utica (TNS) 
Feb 01, 2020
New York state has the best policies in the nation for keeping out-of-pocket health care costs affordable, according to a recent state scorecard on he...
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Health Matters: Code red! Code blue!? Code crazy
Commentary, Local Columnists
KRISTIN CHAMBERS Special to the Olean Times Herald 
Apr 24, 2019
Imagine you make your living crafting gorgeous pottery bowls, mugs and plates. You know precisely what your materials cost and how many hours are requ...
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Progressive Perspective: Support the NY Health Act
Commentary, Local Columnists, New York
BARBARA DYSKANT, Special to the Olean Times Herald 
Mar 02, 2019
Friends, I urge you to support the New York Health Act for universal single-payer (government-paid) healthcare for every New Yorker, with no deductibl...
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Can single-payer health care work in NY?
Commentary, New York
CHRIS McKENNA, The Times Herald-Record, Middletown 
Feb 17, 2019
(TNS) Democratic state lawmakers have passed a stream of pent-up priorities this year since winning full control in Albany, enacting election reforms,...
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Health Matters: Wishes can become reality
Commentary, Local Columnists
ATHENA GODET-CALOGERAS Special to the Olean Times Herald 
Dec 11, 2018
’Tis the season to make a wish list — or several. For kids the sky’s the limit; for adults the focus more often centers on real, practical and tangibl...
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Letter: Health Care is Important for All
Commentary, Leters to the Editor
Nov 05, 2018
Timely and effective medical care is key to having a good quality of life, yet according to a Kaiser Family Foundation and New York Times survey condu...
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Health Matters: They treat a part of you
Commentary, Local Columnists
ATHENA GODET-CALOGERAS Special to the Olean Times Herald 
Aug 01, 2018
Until recently, my brother’s calendar — and time — was totally penciled in with doctor appointments. Jim had 10 specialists to visit with as well as h...
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Donating to save lives
Health
Jan 18, 2018
The Indiana Healthcare Foundation supports Indiana Regional Medical Center on their journey to remain an independent, community hospital. The Foundati...
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Letter: NY Health Act would benefit us all
Commentary, Leters to the Editor
Jan 11, 2018
To quote Dr. Martin Luther King: “Of all the forms of inequality, injustice in health care is the most shocking and inhumane.” The proposed New York H...
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