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At town hall, concern with Brooklyn's health care inequities and Medicaid waiver dollars
Supporters of a multitude of Brooklyn’s threatened hospitals, many in Central Brooklyn, filled the pews at the Pleasant Gr … Full Article

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At threatened Bed-Stuy hospital, extended run for Edward Albee’s “The Death of Bessie Smith”

Bedford-Stuyvesant
Following an initial sold-out run, New Brooklyn Theater announced a three-week extension for Edward Albee’s “The Death of Bessie Smith.”  … Full Article

Bay Ridge brothers launch website to give patients access to medical records

Bay Ridge
You can access your medical records without having to go through your doctor’s office to get them, thanks to a new website created by four Bay Ridge brothers with a flair for inventiveness. … Full Article

Interfaith Hospital protest: 'Show us the money!'

Bedford-Stuyvesant
Advocates, elected officials and union members chanting "Show us the money!" gathered outside Interfaith Medical Center in Bedford-Stuyvesant on Sunday to protest the state's demand that the ailing hospital turn over its clinics to Kingsborough Jewish Medical Center before the state releases $3.5 … Full Article

Long-awaited LICH - SUNY contempt hearing delayed a day or two

Cobble Hill
Long Island College Hospital (LICH) supporters will have to wait a little bit longer for their long-awaited day in court. … Full Article

Brooklyn Hospital Center’s still in the ring with updated LICH bid

Brooklyn Boro
Not to be upstaged by the recently updated Fortis Group/NYU Langone/Lutheran proposal for financially troubled Long Island College Hospital (LICH), The Brooklyn Hospital Center (TBHC) has updated its own proposal to include more medical services.  … Full Article

Viking Love group raises $12,000 to help autistic children

Bay Ridge
A Bay Ridge-based charity group formed in the wake of Superstorm Sandy is still providing comfort and support to people in need long after the hurricane blew out of town. … Full Article

Maimonides uses trailblazing procedure to help heart patients

Borough Park
Cardiac patients who are considered too high-risk to undergo traditional heart valve replacement surgery are getting a new lease on life, thanks to doctors at the Maimonides Heart & Vascular Center, who are using an innovative procedure to save them. … Full Article

LICH supporters slam SUNY's Fortis-NYU plan as 'smoke and mirrors'

Cobble Hill
Doctors fighting to save Long Island College Hospital (LICH) in Brooklyn say that SUNY's plan to sell LICH's real estate to Fortis Property Group with an NYU-supplied "free-standing Emergency Department" is "smoke and mirrors." 
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Revised Proposal for LICH unveiled amid dire warnings

Cobble Hill
With a backdrop of threats to SUNY institutions and dire predictions, a revised proposal to purchase Long Island College Hospital (LICH) that now includes two well-respected health institutions was displayed at a SUNY Board of Trustees meeting on Monday. … Full Article

Legislators cite flaws in NY health exchange

ALBANY— State legislators say some problems plague the rollout of the Affordable Care Act in New York, with constituents complaining about lost insurance coverage, higher premiums and confusion and limitations of medical networks. … Full Article
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