Doctors CouncilNational Doctors Day, March 30, 2020
March 2020 From Dr. Frank Proscia, President, and Dr. Aycan Turkmen, Vice President Dear Doctors Council members, As doctors ourselves, we realize the commitment and sacrifices each of you has made to be a doctor. It took years of school, residency,… Read More
Doctors Council Letter to Gov. Cuomo
March 25, 2020 The Honorable Andrew M. CuomoGovernor of New York StateNYS State Capitol Building Albany, NY 12224 Dear Governor Cuomo: Doctors Council SEIU represents thousands of doctors throughout New York City and in other cities, counties and states. … Read More
Backup childcare option for eligible Doctors Council members – NYCDOE Regional Enrichment Centers for COVID-19
Dear Doctors Council member: Working with New York City, along with other unions and stakeholders, we can share the following information from the City about Regional Enrichment Centers, the NYCDOE’s backup childcare option for health care workers, first responders,… Read More
COVID-19 Coronavirus Hotline
A Message to our Members on COVID-19 Dear Doctor Council member: We hope you, your family and your colleagues are doing as well as possible with all that is going on with the COVID-19 response dealing with this… Read More
Vital Call to Action!
Vital Call to Action! Please call Governor Cuomo and your NYS legislators & email your NYS legislators to tell them to reject a proposal contained in the Governor’s Budget bypassing existing due process protections for physicians and giving the State enormous… Read More
Urgent Call to Action!
Urgent Call to Action! Please call Governor Cuomo and your NYS legislators & email your NYS legislators to let them know that you object to Medicaid cuts, the impact on NYC and H+H, and that it will make it… Read More
Contract Action
Dear Doctors Council members: The time for H+H and the affiliates (Mount Sinai, NYU, PAGNY and CDA) to settle our contracts is now! We have been in bargaining since last year and have received no substantive proposals to… 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/