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Activists in Bay Ridge want to de-politicize the Affordable Care Act battlefield and put a human face to the struggle to pay for coverage in southern Brooklyn and Staten Island. In a new video [https://vimeo.com/208978875] made by Courtney Scott and Rebecca Brodsky, constituents from U.S. Congressman
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> #WheresThePlan [https://twitter.com/hashtag/WheresThePlan?src=hash] @dandonovan_ny [https://twitter.com/dandonovan_ny] we need #CareNotChaos [https://twitter.com/hashtag/CareNotChaos?src=hash] – step up and save our health care and meet with your community! pic.twitter.com/khppPaRa5h [https://t.co/khppPaRa5h] — david cohen (@davecohenm) February
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Still don’t have health insurance? Call 311 or text CoveredNYC or SeguroNYC to 877877 for free, in-person enrollment assistance information. “Despite President Trump’s actions to undermine the Affordable Care Act, our efforts to provide every single New Yorker with quality, affordable health care continues,” said Congressman Joe Crowley.
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Photo by Kensington BKApproximately nine percent of those living in Community District 12 [http://www.nyc.gov/html/dcp/html/neigh_info/bk12_info.shtml], which includes Kensington and Borough Park, do not have health insurance, according to figures [http://comptroller.nyc.gov/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/Poverty-and-Uninsured-Rate-by-Community-District-ACS-2014.pdf] released
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Maimonides Medical Center (Source: Google Maps)The deadline for applying for New York State Marketplace [https://nystateofhealth.ny.gov/] health coverage has come and gone, but it may not be too late to sign up and avoid penalties for being uninsured. CareConnect [http://www.nslijcareconnect.com/], a healthcare outreach initiative
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District Attorney Daniel Donovan and Councilman Vincent Gentile (Photos via Facebook)With 40 days left until the May 5 special election [/cuomo-complies-order-call-special-election-grimms-seat/] to fill the seat of scandal-ridden [/congressman-michael-grimm-will-resign/] Congressman Michael Grimm, the Bay Ridge Community Council has announced that it will be holding a debate between the three candidates
Affordable Care Act
A great reminder from Community Board 14 [http://www.cb14brooklyn.com/apply-for-healthcare-before-march-31st/]: Monday, March 31 is the last day to get insured under the Affordable Care Act [https://nystateofhealth.ny.gov/?gclid=CMr8i9W0nL0CFSwdOgod1k8AaQ] for 2014–so if you have not yet signed up but would like to receive accessible coverage
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Not sure what health plan to choose–or just unable to access HealthCare.gov [https://www.healthcare.gov] lately? Join Assemblymember Rhoda Jacobs [http://assembly.state.ny.us/mem/Rhoda-Jacobs/bio/] and Councilmember Jumaane Williams [http://council.nyc.gov/d45/html/members/home.shtml] this Saturday, November 2 to learn
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The sun might be breaking through this morning, but keep those umbrellas close, locals. (Photo by Francisco Daum)Good morning, Fort Greene and Clinton Hill. The National Weather Service has issued a flash flood warning [http://forecast.weather.gov/showsigwx.php?warnzone=NYZ075&warncounty=NYC047&firewxzone=NYZ075&
Affordable Care Act
Source: Matt H. Wade via Wikimedia CommonsWhen the news first broke of the Supreme Court’s decision to uphold the measure, news channels were were reporting from opposite sides of the spectrum [http://content.usatoday.com/communities/onpolitics/post/2012/06/supreme-court-health-care-ruling-cnn--wrong-/1#.T-0uEbVYvw4] . The responses from local politicians were