Take Action Now to Protect NYS Funding to NYC public facilities and services – tell the NYS Assembly and Senate to Protect Patients, Communities and Jobs

Take Action Now to Protect NYS Funding to NYC public facilities and services – tell the NYS Assembly and Senate to Protect Patients, Communities and Jobs Dear Doctors Council SEIU member who works in New York City: We… Read More

Doctors Council Free Benefit Plan/ Welfare Fund presentation – Doctors Council benefits for our members and families

Dear Doctor: In February 2021, Doctors Council held a Free Benefit Plan/ Welfare Fund presentation on Doctors Council benefits for our members and families for eligible members of Doctors Council.   It was great to see so many doctors… Read More

Doctors Council Free Tax Prep Forum For Doctors and Tax Prep & Financial Planning Benefit for Doctors Council members and families

Dear Doctor: In January 2021, Doctors Council held a Free Tax Prep Forum For Doctors for members of Doctors Council.  It was great to see so many doctors on the video call.  We have heard from many of… Read More

Your Voice and Vote Counts!

2020 Census Each decade the United States government fulfills its constitutional duty to count each and every person living in the country by conducting the Census. The importance of the Census should not be underestimated. The results and… Read More

Costs are going up. Consolidation is partially to blame. How will this affect patients? What affect will it have on doctors if any?

https://www.wsj.com/articles/health-care-spending-soars-in-new-york-state-11564459260

Non-Medical Switching of medicines; an innocuous cost savings for hospitals or more administrative interference with Doctors’ professional practice?

https://www.cleveland.com/business/2019/07/ohio-doctors-patients-frustrated-by-policy-that-requires-switching-medications-survey-finds.html

“If past is an indicator, some say hospital use will not rise under Medicare-for-All. Does this assuage doctors concerns?”

https://morningconsult.com/2019/07/22/study-aca-medicaid-medicare-expanded-insurance-yet-hospital-use-didnt-rise/

Shifting patients from the ER to Primary Care. How will it affect us as doctors? What should issues should we keep our eye on?

https://www.wsj.com/articles/new-york-city-hopes-to-ease-strain-on-its-emergency-rooms-11563294021

More Nurses protest staff shortages in their hospitals. Staff shortages aren’t limited to nurses. Should Doctors be taking a stand publically too? What do you think?

https://www.beckershospitalreview.com/human-capital-and-risk/u-of-chicago-nurses-to-picket-monday-over-patient-safety-concerns.html

“Somewhere in between our current system and Single payer? Worth a shot? What do you think?”

https://www.salon.com/2019/06/20/medicare-for-america-a-health-care-plan-worth-a-closer-look/