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Local 1199 Pushing For Bill Expanding Health-Care Effort

By CRYSTAL LEWIS
Posted 11/8/19

Service Employees International Union Local 1199 was among the advocates at a hearing on proposed legislation within the City Council that would allow nonprofit health centers to participate in the city program aimed at providing access to health services to uninsured residents.

Earlier this year, the de Blasio administration rolled out NYC Care, a program aimed at connecting the city’s 600,000 uninsured residents with its public health-insurance plan and access to NYC Health + Hospital services. The bills would allow about 500 federally qualified health centers across the city to also participate.

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