NY based, focused on empowering and training fellow pediatricians to be successful advocates to pass meaningful child health legislation.
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Pediatric Policy Advocates retweeted
New York families need relief. Meaningful, refundable tax credits for families can provide that relief, enabling families to meet immediate needs and deliver long-term benefits. #NYWFTC
Pediatric Policy Advocates retweeted
Thank you @senatorbrouk for taking up this important issue! Let's make sure NY is the next state to provide continuous coverage from birth to age 6!
Today, I joined parents, advocates, & experts in Albany to advocate for continuous healthcare coverage for our youngest NYers to be included in the executive budget. My bill (S7747) w/ @votejgr aims to ensure coverage for children ages 0-6 w/o the need for yearly re-enrollment.
Pediatric Policy Advocates retweeted
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 know how important these measures are for children in NYS. RT @NYSAAPCH3 @NY1AAP @RobinHoodNYC @SchuylerCenter @leotrasande @somedocs @DocsForKids @DocsForTots
Just a few days left. Call the NYS Governor's office & express support for these @NYSAAPCH2 @NYSAAPCH3 @NY1AAP -supported bills. Don't be shy. RT @eveamk @DrSaraSiddiqui1 @SteveGoldstei10 @DocEMurray @DrSteveCook @jayasreenairneo @crmartin90 @DrVSalcedo @DrWarrenSeigel
Pediatric Policy Advocates retweeted
"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 and requires investment at all levels."
syracuse.com/opinion/2023/12…
Pediatric Policy Advocates retweeted
Pediatrician @DrDSchonfeld, a leader on AAP’s Council on Children and Disasters, shares tips for how parents can talk to their children about what’s happening in Israel and Gaza: healthychildren.org/English/…
Pediatric Policy Advocates retweeted
Dr. Krief isn't just advocating. . .She's running to #putkids1st RT @Their__Future @SenGillibrand @DrSaraSiddiqui1 @OHPediatricians @AAPexperience @DC_AAP @SC_AAP @VAPediatricians @TXPeds @ncpeds @pa_aap @DrPanMD @WIAAP @FloridaAAP @illinoisaap @AAPCADocs @NYDocs @DocsForKids
Local elections matter. Proud to support @AmerAcadPeds member, @NYSAAPCH2 officer & friend Dr. Eve Krief @eveamk in her run for Suffolk County Legislature. Want more pediatricians in office? Check out her website rb.gy/ocmol RT @NYSAAPCH3 @NY1AAP @AnnieAndrewsMD
Pediatric Policy Advocates retweeted
If the #ChildTaxCredit expansion had been renewed, 3 million fewer children would have been in poverty in 2022.
Instead, the number of children in poverty more than doubled, from 4 million in 2021 to 9 million in 2022: cbpp.org/blog/analyzing-the-…
Pediatric Policy Advocates retweeted
5.6 MILLION Medicaid recipients disenrolled. >70% for procedural reasons. 1.1 million children have lost coverage, per @KFF The 1 gift of #COVID19 was US policy to prevent loss of public insurance. We can't go backwards. RT @NYSAAPCH2 @NYSAAPCH3 @NY1AAP @council_policy @eveamk
Pediatric Policy Advocates retweeted
Proud to sign legislation declaring Lunar New Year an official school holiday in New York!
This is an important step in recognizing the importance of New York’s AAPI community and the rich diversity that makes our state so great.
Pediatric Policy Advocates retweeted
The wounds for gun violence survivors extends far beyond the gunshot wounds we treat: “We discharge them from the hospital really half-healed, because we don’t address all of the social and emotional aspects of having been shot.” cnn.com/2023/08/28/health/re…
Pediatric Policy Advocates retweeted
The first three years of a child’s life are a critical, formative period that can lay the groundwork for a lifelong love of learning and the best outcomes possible throughout their lives. loom.ly/aZBevfo #RaisingNY
Pediatric Policy Advocates retweeted
Long article but a very worthwhile read.
Bottom line: Millions of people, including many children, have lost Medicaid. Most still qualify for coverage.
They lose medication, hospital coverage and their doctors.
This is NOT ok. We need to fix it.
washingtonpost.com/health/20…
Pediatric Policy Advocates retweeted
Dear NY Pediatricians. THIS IS THE ABSOLUTE LAST CHANCE you have to get this bill passed. Call @CarlHeastie & let him know we need to put G6PD screening in the NBS program. RT @AAPneonatal @NYSAAPCH2 @NYSAAPCH3 @NY1AAP @MarchOfDimesNY @NYSPerinatal @WomenNeo @NeoTECaN
Pediatric Policy Advocates retweeted
Dobbs decision impacting @acog residencies w/ expected downstream impact on ALL types of women's health care. Applications down 6.3% in states w/ restrictive abortion access rb.gy/awtva RT @RepBera @AmerAcadPeds @AmerPedSociety @AcademicPeds @amspdc @SocPedResearch
Pediatric Policy Advocates retweeted
Why are #CashAssistance programs like #TANF so important?
Providing $ to families has immediate positive impacts: it helps folks pay rent/utilities, put food on the table, & purchase the basics. Research has also shown these benefits for children last long into adulthood.
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Pediatric Policy Advocates retweeted
Join us for virtual town hall with @AmyPaulin as pediatricians from @NY1AAP @NYSAAPCH2 and @NYSAAPCH3 voice concerns about child health issues. #VoteKids
Pediatric Policy Advocates retweeted
A great webinar to better understand the role schools can play in supporting children, from @DrSaraSiddiqui1 -elected school board member. RT @kidnyhealth @DrSteveCook @DocEMurray @dctrjo @DocsForKids @runhack @LBHandwerkerMD @AAPNews @TXPeds @OHPediatricians @WIAAP @FloridaAAP
Congrats 🎉🎈to @NYSAAPCH2 Co-Leg. chair Dr. S. Siddiqui @DrSaraSiddiqui1 on her @AmerAcadPeds Advocacy Webinar on the social-emotional wellbeing of kids. RT @NYSAAPCH3 @NY1AAP @eveamk @SteveGoldstei10 @DrRobertCLee
Pediatric Policy Advocates retweeted
This is scary, folks.
85% of patients losing Medicaid in Arkansas were procedural denials. That means they still qualified for Medicaid. Many were children.
We simply must do better. In every state.
#tweetiatrician
Pediatric Policy Advocates retweeted
Last Look is our initial assessment of the enacted #NYSbudget and how it advances priorities that improve the well-being of all New Yorkers, especially children and families living in poverty.
Read the full report: scaany.org/wp-content/upload…
Pediatric Policy Advocates retweeted
When I was a kid, I played hide and seek outside. I played catch. I rode my bike with friends.
I flew over the handlebars once and got a bunch of stitches when I was 8.
I never worried about getting shot.
Kids deserve to play outside and not worry about getting shot.
AGAIN: A 14-year-old Louisiana girl was shot in the head as she played hide and seek by a neighbor who was upset she was on his property.
sunherald.com/news/nation-wo…
