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New York Health Act Basics

• Bill text in full is here.
  
• Bill text, bill numbers, committee status, and current cosponsors in the NY Senate here and NY Assembly here.
• Current bill numbers for the 2025-2026 term A1466 / S3425.
• Key Points About The NY Health Act here.
• Visit the Campaign for New York Health www.nyhcampaign.org
  
• Watch & share the PIISD explainer video & more below.

FAQ about the NY Health Act <<< Get answers to the most frequently asked questions about the bill.

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Q&A with author of the bill, Richard Gottfried!

Still have questions about the NY Health Act? Ask the author of the bill!
How to contact retired Assembly Member & Assembly Health Committee Chair, Dick Gottfried:

• • Step 1: Review the FAQ, Resources & Reports listed on this page including the Fact Sheets linked at the bottom of this page.
  • Step 2: If none address your questions, ask your questions here.
  • Step 3: Get your answers here!

Organizing Resources for the NY Health Act

• Take Action Tool for contacting lawmakers - Use & Share: bit.ly/Action4NYHA
• Join our NY Health Act Working Group: State Legislative Advocacy Working Group (SLAWG)
  You do NOT have to be a healthcare worker to organize with us! Sign up here.
• Social Media - Find & follow us for current actions:
  • Linktree | Bluesky | TikTok | Instagram | Facebook | Twitter | YouTube
  • Join our WhatsApp NYHealthAct Community & Subgroups
  • Social Media Toolkit
• Share Your Healthcare Story! Story Share Guide
• Flyers / Handouts / One-Pagers
  • Insurers Profit Flyer - General Purpose NY Health Act Flyer (double-sided half-sheet)
  • Labor Union Flyer (English) & Labor Union Flyer (Spanish)
    • Half-sheet & ink-friendly Labor Union Flyers for printing here.
  • Fact Sheets (click to jump to list at bottom of this page)

Economic Analysis of the New York Health Act

• Analysis of the Economics of the New York Health Act, Rodberg, Updated 2021: Summary is here. Full report is here.
• RAND study of New York Health Act, 2018: here
• Analysis of the New York Health Act, Friedman, 2015: here

Reports on the New York Health Act

• Healthcare and Racial Justice: Systemic Change Is Needed for a More Equitable Health System
  • Released April 4, 2022 by the Campaign for NY Health and the Black, Puerto Rican, Hispanic and Asian Legislative Caucus
    
  • Report available here and Executive Summary here.
• From Coverage to Care: A People's Report on Healthcare in New York State
  • Released in 2019
  • Report available here and Executive Summary here.

Videos

Watch the new HEATHCARE CONSPIRACY mockumentary short film here: www.healthcareconspiracy.com

PIISD Video Explainer Animation

A Burning Question: What if fighting fires was for-profit, like our healthcare?

Webinars

Below: New York Health Act Town Hall, January 2024, with Dr. Betty Kolod, Assembly Member Dick Gottfried, and MORE-UFT leaders

Below: National Health Insurance: A Post-Election Grand Rounds Webinar (2017) by Ed Weisbart, MD, Chair PNHP - MO

More webinars are available on PNHP NY Metro's Vimeo Channel, and PNHP NY metro's YouTube Channel, and on National PNHP's Youtube Channel

More Films & Documentaries

FIX IT: Healthcare at the Tipping Point
Watch a powerful documentary that reaches across the political and ideological divide to expand support for major healthcare reform.

Why We Need The NY Health Act
4-minute play by Roberta Pikser

Fact Sheets

Archived Presentations
Past Forums