Pediatric Policy Advocates
@DocsForKids
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NY based, focused on empowering and training fellow pediatricians to be successful advocates to pass meaningful child health legislation.
New York
Joined June 2021
RT @SchuylerCenter: New York families need relief. Meaningful, refundable tax credits for families can provide that relief, enabling famili….
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RT @MedicaidMtrsNY: Thank you @senatorbrouk for taking up this important issue! Let's make sure NY is the next state to provide continuous….
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RT @NYSAAPCH2: If we do not raise our voices for children in our state, these bill won't pass. Call the NYS Governor's office. Let them kno….
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RT @EmpireStateCCC: "Child care isn’t a money-making enterprise and we can’t rely on parents to fund the entire system: it is a public good….
syracuse.com
Early Childhood Alliance continues the conversation begun by story of home-based provider struggling to pay the bills, deal with red tape.
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RT @AmerAcadPeds: Pediatrician @DrDSchonfeld, a leader on AAP’s Council on Children and Disasters, shares tips for how parents can talk to….
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RT @NYSAAPCH2: Dr. Krief isn't just advocating. She's running to #putkids1st RT @Their__Future @SenGillibrand @DrSaraSiddiqui1 @OHPediat….
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RT @CenterOnBudget: If the #ChildTaxCredit expansion had been renewed, 3 million fewer children would have been in poverty in 2022. Inste….
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RT @NICUBatman: 5.6 MILLION Medicaid recipients disenrolled. >70% for procedural reasons. 1.1 million children have lost coverage, per @KFF….
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RT @GovKathyHochul: Proud to sign legislation declaring Lunar New Year an official school holiday in New York!. This is an important step i….
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Child poverty is a choice many legislators at every level of government and in every political party choose every day. It’s time they do better or we have to vote them out. Our kids deserve better.
Child poverty: two words that should never go together. Yet, child poverty in New York State exceeds the national rate, as it has for more than a decade. There are actions to take: this is the year for NY’s leaders to make things better. #nyendchildpoverty.
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RT @BHWilliamsMD: The wounds for gun violence survivors extends far beyond the gunshot wounds we treat: “We discharge them from the hospita….
cnn.com
About 1 of every 14 gunshot victims will be harmed by a firearm again within a year, according to new research. Within five years, that risk rises to about 1 in 8, and it jumps to about 1 in 6 after...
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RT @Raising_NY: The first three years of a child’s life are a critical, formative period that can lay the groundwork for a lifelong love of….
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RT @greenhousemd: Long article but a very worthwhile read. Bottom line: Millions of people, including many children, have lost Medicaid. Mo….
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RT @NICUBatman: Dear NY Pediatricians. THIS IS THE ABSOLUTE LAST CHANCE you have to get this bill passed. Call @CarlHeastie & let him know….
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RT @council_policy: Dobbs decision impacting @acog residencies w/ expected downstream impact on ALL types of women's health care. Applicat….
rollcall.com
Data shows abortion ruling may play a role in medical school residency decisions, could drive some away from becoming OB-GYNs.
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RT @CenterOnBudget: Why are #CashAssistance programs like #TANF so important?. Providing $ to families has immediate positive impacts: it h….
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RT @NYSAAPCH2: Join us for virtual town hall with @AmyPaulin as pediatricians from @NY1AAP @NYSAAPCH2 and @NYSAAPCH3 voice concerns about….
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RT @NYSAAPCH2: A great webinar to better understand the role schools can play in supporting children, from @DrSaraSiddiqui1 -elected school….
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RT @greenhousemd: This is scary, folks. 85% of patients losing Medicaid in Arkansas were procedural denials. That means they still qualifi….
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