Ali Foti

Supporting a more equitable health system and healthier communities w/ @NYHFoundation. Public health practitioner, policy wonk, salsa dancer 💃🏻. Views my own

[Ali Foti @Ali_Foti]

Liliana Heredia, @CHCANYS VP of Workforce Development and @NYHFoundation grantee: “We’ve never seen workforce issues like this” in community health centers—NYS’s critical safety net. People aren’t showing up for their first day of work or leaving a week later for better offers.

[Ali Foti @Ali_Foti]

Jean Moore, @CHWS_NY Director and @NYHFoundation grantee, highlights the disconnect between health professionals’ many competencies and states’ restrictive legal scopes of practice in NYS and beyond. Journalists across the country at #HJ24 are taking note!

[Ali Foti @Ali_Foti]

Journalists across the country learning about the critical role of School-Based Health Centers for students to access care from @forFamilyHealth @NYSBHA and @NYSBHFoundation at #HJ24

[Ali Foti @Ali_Foti]

At the beginning of #BMHW24, @iamKSealsAllers reminds us: “Just because a Black woman doesn’t die or nearly die, it doesn’t mean she had a positive birthing experience. We need to learn from the living.” Thrilled that @IrthApp is out there today hearing from Black moms in NYC!

[Ali Foti @Ali_Foti]

Happy Irth Day! Mayor Adams declared today ⁦@IrthApp⁩ (Birth Without Bias) Day, commemorating ⁦@iamKSealsAllers⁩ and team’s work to lift up Black womens’ voices for systemic change in health care

[Ali Foti @Ali_Foti]

The Brooklyn Health Equity Index better captures the experience of Black and brown patients—measuring things like trust in providers and historic disinvestment. BKHI developed by @sunydownstate @onebklynhealth @AAIUH2, supported by @NYHFoundation @HealthfirstNY

[Ali Foti @Ali_Foti]

“We need to learn from the living, not from the grave.” - @iamKSealsAllers talking about the power of @IrthApp to elevate the voices of Black birthing people. Event hosted by @onebklynhealth @sunydownstate @AAIUH2, sponsored by @NYHFoundation @HealthfirstNY

[We The Patients NY 🍎 @WeThePatientsNY]

🚨 New WTP #TikTok on #MedicalDebtMonday!

Featuring @chuckbell @CFPB: “…Medical debt is a disaster for our country.”

Watch 🎥: https://t.co/EfmrQ4im7q

[Ali Foti @Ali_Foti]

As ⁦@DavidSandman1⁩ said, removing all medical debt from credit reports would be the “ultimate protection” from New Yorkers going into financial ruin from sickness or injury. https://t.co/kE1etAqI95

[New York Health Foundation @NYHFoundation]

With pending New York State legislation currently under the Governor’s consideration, this medical debt report provides timely analysis of the disparities of medical debt in New York State. https://t.co/TyhIYuoyXa

[Ali Foti @Ali_Foti]

What’s more, Black and brown New Yorkers often bear a disproportionate burden of this medical debt. In the Capital District, communities of color had a median debt in collections of $899, vs $448 for white communities, per @urbaninstitute. 2x higher is striking and unacceptable.

[We The Patients NY 🍎 @WeThePatientsNY]

🚨 Of consumers with medical debt in NY, 48% owed >$500, including 30% who owed >$1,000 AND about 13% who owed >$2,000!!

These percentages are shocking. See @urbaninstitute's report for more: https://t.co/xKZoVlSphG

[Ali Foti @Ali_Foti]

(3/3) These findings underestimate the true burden of medical debt across New York State, as analysis is limited to debt reported to credit bureaus. Our charge has never been clearer to #EndMedicalDebt

[Ali Foti @Ali_Foti]

(2/3) If you live in a predominantly Black and brown community in Central New York, 1 in 4 (28%) of your neighbors will be sent into debt collections over medical bills. An appalling finding.

[Ali Foti @Ali_Foti]

(1/3) Before this new analysis from @urbaninstitute , racial/ethnic disparities of medical debt in New York State were masked. Localized patterns show a clearer picture of the crushing burden on communities of color across the State. https://t.co/gTRHPsrkPu

[Ali Foti @Ali_Foti]

New Yorkers are being crushed by medical debt. A lot of good reform is happening to #EndMedicalDebt, but there’s more to be done. You won’t want to miss this conversation!

[New York Health Foundation @NYHFoundation]

Join @NYHealth's @Ali_Foti, Elisabeth Benjamin @CSSNYorg, and Adam Martin @vlpcny for a conversation on medical debt in New York, Friday, 2/24. https://t.co/GMulTZQqB0

[Ali Foti @Ali_Foti]

Curious like I am to learn about the state of primary care in U.S.? Join me in tuning into the release of the first national #primarycare scorecard on February 22 at 2 pm ET https://t.co/M7sifIAOI7 with @MilbankFund & @PhysiciansFound

[Ali Foti @Ali_Foti]

Promising news that 8M less Americans have medical debt than 2 yrs ago. But with New Yorkers soon at-risk of losing Medicaid with the end of continuous coverage and far too many still facing financial ruin, more needs to be done to #EndMedicalDebt

https://t.co/gAhzfDlbKx

[Ali Foti @Ali_Foti]

Another major feat to #EndMedicalDebt in New York and protect patients from financial ruin. And yet, there's more to do!

[Community Service Society of New York (CSS) @CSSNYorg]

🚨 #EndMedicalDebt Victory! @GovKathyHochul has signed @NYSenatorRivera and @DickGottfried's bill to ban hidden facility fees by medical providers.

Unfair hidden fees should never stop New Yorkers from getting care.

Full statement from CSS: https://t.co/kXLWPHeVlr

[Ali Foti @Ali_Foti]

New year, new and expanded eligibility for Medicare and Medicaid for New Yorkers, and new tools to determine if you apply. Check out this toolkit from @medicarerights! https://t.co/ONHFJg5eLi

[Ali Foti @Ali_Foti]

Patients "who click on the "Patient Resources" tab can learn that the...Café serves panini and pancakes, but they won't find any information about getting help with medical bills." - @KHNews's latest on hospitals' extreme debt collection practices https://t.co/CNwNTeN3tF