PHA-Exchange> Right to health based report on health care in New York State

[Laura Turiano]

Sorry for any cross posting. This report is consistent with the kind of reports we would like to generate for the Right to Health Care Campaign. 

Laura


Dangerous and Unlawful: Why Our Health Care System is Failing New York Communities and How to Fix It

This report finds that the inequitable distribution of health care
services across New York communities violated state, federal, and
international laws protecting residents' right to health care. It also
notes that many neighborhoods with the highest health care needs, whichare disproportionately low-income and communities of color, often havethe fewest health care resources. 

Prompted by the release of the recommendations of the New York State Commission on Health Care Facilities in the 21st Century - commonly known as the Berger Commission or the Hospital Closing Commission - the report notes that any further cuts to services in underserved communities exacerbating these conditions would constitute new and independent violations of the law.

According to the report, the law requires that state, federal, and
municipal governments take steps to guarantee everyone an equal
opportunity to access health care. For example, the race, ethnicity or
limited English-language skills of a person cannot limit his or her
access to care, nor can the racial character of a community determine
its residents' access. The report also notes that international human
rights laws indicate that protecting the health of mothers and children is an especially important obligation of governments.

Read the report and access maps showing the distribution of hospitals in New York City at www.opportunityagenda.org
<http://www.opportunityagenda.org/> . 

PLEASE NOTE OUR NEW DC ADDRESS:

The Opportunity Agenda

1536 U Street NW

Washington, DC 20009

(202) 339-9315

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