AM New York: Legionnaires’ Outbreak in Harlem Exposes Grim Future Risks for NYC as Steep Medicaid Cuts Loom
AM New York reports on the recent Legionnaire’s Disease outbreak in Harlem, and how public health crises such as this one could be more dangerous in the future given looming Medicaid cuts.
Kristy-Lee Jean-Pierre, Senior Vice President of our Mental Health Services, discusses how these cuts can impact families throughout the city – and may even affect their access to mental health care. “While folks are waiting, a very real tragedy can happen,” she says. “Even if the cuts don’t directly affect behavioral health access, they impact a family’s willingness to engage, because now their focus has to be on getting food.”