Celebrating Primary Care Investment Passage in New York State

| By Jonathan Yan
Categories: PCDC News, Policy
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Last week, New York State took a monumental step toward increasing health equity and access to primary care for every New Yorker. Under the leadership of Assemblyman Richard Gottfried and Senator Gustavo Rivera, the Assembly and Senate passed A7230-B/S6534-C, a bill designed to help New York move towards a primary care-centered health care system, fostering a …

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Lenders Coalition Urges Congressional Action for Community Health Centers

| By Jonathan Yan
Categories: Investment, PCDC News, Policy
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Health care lenders are deeply concerned about the continued uncertainty around federal funding for Federally Qualified Health Centers (FQHCs), and how that uncertainty destabilizes future investments in the sector. The Lenders Coalition for Community Health Centers — a national coalition of 25 U.S. Treasury-certified Community Development Financial Institutions (CDFIs) dedicated to financing FQHCs — recently wrote to …

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PCDC Urges Congress to Safeguard Our Nation’s Essential Health Programs

| By Jonathan Yan
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In an urgent letter to congressional leaders, the Primary Care Development Corporation (PCDC) joins 75 national organizations to urge Congress to take immediate action to safeguard our nation’s essential health programs. These critical programs are major elements of our nation’s primary care infrastructure and health care safety net, directly affecting health care service, access, and …

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Senate Repeal Bill Threatens Primary Care Infrastructure

| By Louise Cohen
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Surprises are few in the Senate GOP’s bill to end Obamacare, which was released last week after a clandestine drafting process that excluded Democrats and many Republicans. Echoing the House repeal bill — which President Trump recently described as “mean, mean, mean” — the new legislation would destabilize insurance markets, weaken the primary care system, …

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Ask the Expert, Rick Zall: Q&A about the future of primary care

| By PCDC Admin
Categories: Events, Policy
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While the debate surrounding health care swirls in Washington, DC, primary care providers, administrators, and payers are struggling to prepare for potentially massive shifts in policy confronting primary care. To learn more about what primary care can expect over the coming months, we spoke to Proskauer Partner Rick Zall, a PCDC co-founder and one of …

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