[Wall Street Wealth Tax\Medicaid]
The Public Advocate identified six revenue-raising measures which together could net $20 Billion in new revenue statewide and protect healthcare funding at a crucial time when the state faces the threat of coronavirus.
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Medicaid
AFT’S WEINGARTEN: TRUMP’S 2021 BUDGET PROPOSAL CUTS HELP WEALTHY TO DETRIMENT OF WORKING AMERICANS
[Trump’s 2021 Budget]
AFT President Weingarten: “In his State of the Union address last week, Trump preached a litany of lies, claiming his agenda was pro-worker, pro-family, pro-growth and, most of all, pro-American. Yet, just one week later, he’s unveiled a budget that cuts billions of dollars from all the programs that would advance such goals.”
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AFT PRESIDENT WEINGARTEN AND VIRGINIA REP. SCOTT DENOUNCE FIFTH CIRCUIT COURT OBAMACARE RULING
[Healthcare\Legal\Texas v. United States]
AFT President Weingarten: “In the richest nation in the world, this ruling could take us backward to times when healthcare was simply out of reach for too many working people.”
Virginia Rep. Scott: “Republican attorneys general and the Trump administration took another step toward stripping access to affordable health care from millions of Americans.”
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BLACK, LATINO AND ASIAN CONGRESS MEMBERS FILE AMICUS BRIEFS AGAINST TRUMP’S PUBLIC CHARGE RULE
[Immigration News]
Congressional Tri-Caucus statement: “The Tri-Caucus believes the Trump Administration’s public charge rule was written with the clear intent of intimidating and discriminating against immigrants of color. The rule is yet another attempt by the Trump Administration to create an immigration system that is stacked against non-European, non-white immigrants in favor of the wealthy.”
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NY ATTORNEY GENERAL JAMES CONTINUES CHALLENGE TO TRUMP’S RACIST IMMIGRATION “PUBLIC CHARGE RULE”
[Immigration News]
Attorney General James: “We will not allow Trump Administration to enact rules that violate the laws and the values of this country. If enforced, the public charge rule will not only sow fear and chaos into the lives of immigrants working to lift themselves and their families out of poverty, but will have an adverse impact on the health and wellbeing of New Yorkers, and individuals across this country.”
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ATTORNEY GENERAL JAMES WILL SUE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION OVER IMMIGRATION PUBLIC CHARGE RULE
[Immigration News]
Attorney General James: “Generations of citizens landed on the welcoming shores of Ellis Island with nothing more than a dream in their pockets. The Trump Administration’s thinly veiled efforts to only allow those who meet their narrow ethnic, racial and economic criteria to gain a path to citizenship is a clear violation of our laws and our values.”
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TRUMP’S UNITED STATES OF HATE INCITES RISING WHITE BACKLASH
[Guest Editorial\Dr. Keith Magee]
Dr. Magee: “The preaching of ‘whosoever shall smite thee on thy right cheek, turn to him the other also’, is no longer applicable in these times. There’s no longer the tolerance to mount a non-violence movement or foot soldiers in protest when the evidence is clear that this venom embodied in these White-skin individuals is filled with intentional rage, injustice, and violence, against everyone that isn’t a pure American of Anglo-Saxon descent.”
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NY ATTORNEY GENERAL JAMES: CONGRESS MUST ADDRESS OPIOID ADDICTION WITH NEW LEGISLATION
[Congressional News]
NY Attorney General Letitia James: “Opioids are devastating communities across the country, and we have a duty to do all we can to protect Americans from this epidemic.”
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NEW YORK PHARMACY OWNER ARRESTED FOR ALLEGED MILLION-DOLLAR MEDICAID AND HIV DRUG FRAUD
[Medical Fraud News]
Attorney General Letitia James:“It is disturbing and deeply damaging to our society when health care professionals exploit our most vulnerable patients to steal millions of dollars reserved to provide New Yorkers with essential health care.”
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