Healthcare
Approaches to healthcare access, public health, and medical services.
About this Issue
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Approaches to healthcare access, public health, and medical services.
The COVID-19 pandemic exposed and exacerbated deep inequities in healthcare access across New York City, with low-income communities and communities of color bearing the brunt of the crisis.
Key healthcare issues include:
- Expanding access to affordable healthcare and insurance
- Addressing social determinants of health like housing and food security
- Improving mental health services and addiction treatment
- Supporting public hospitals and community health centers
- Ensuring healthcare access for undocumented immigrants
The next mayor must work to expand healthcare access and ensure that all New Yorkers can receive the care they need regardless of income or immigration status.
Candidate Positions
Ordered from most-likely to least-likely to fight for the working class on this issue
Zohran Mamdani
Mamdani is a strong advocate for the New York Health Act, which would establish universal single-payer healthcare in New York State. He supports expanding mental health services and addressing racial disparities in healthcare access and outcomes.
Brad Lander
Lander supports universal healthcare access and has advocated for expanding community health centers and mental health services. He has focused on addressing social determinants of health and health disparities.
Zellnor Myrie
Myrie supports the New York Health Act to establish single-payer healthcare in New York State. He advocates for addressing racial disparities in healthcare access and outcomes.
Adrienne Adams
Adams supports expanding healthcare access in underserved communities and addressing racial disparities in health outcomes. She has advocated for increased funding for public hospitals and community health centers.
Scott Stringer
Stringer supports expanding healthcare access and addressing health disparities. He has advocated for more community health centers and mental health services in underserved communities.
Andrew Cuomo
“We need to make healthcare more affordable and accessible, but we must do so in a fiscally responsible way.”
Cuomo has expanded Medicaid and implemented the NY State of Health marketplace, but has not supported the New York Health Act for single-payer healthcare. His handling of healthcare facilities during the COVID-19 pandemic has been criticized.
Why This Issue Matters
Healthcare Access
The COVID-19 pandemic exposed and exacerbated deep inequities in healthcare access across New York City, with low-income communities and communities of color bearing the brunt of the crisis.
The next mayor must work to expand healthcare access, address social determinants of health, and ensure that all New Yorkers can receive the care they need regardless of income or immigration status.