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Upstate NY Healthcare Coalition

The Upstate New York Healthcare Coalition represents 69 hospitals across 41 counties in New York.

 

The Iroquois Healthcare Association, along with other like-minded stakeholders, advocates on behalf of Upstate New York’s hospitals and healthcare systems.

The Coalition is strongly opposed to government-mandated nurse staffing ratios.

Proposed legislation – A.2954 Gunther/S.1032 Rivera – would impose government-mandated nurse staffing ratios on New York State hospitals and nursing homes, jeopardizing access to care without improving quality or patient outcomes.  Mandated nurse staffing ratios will decimate our already fragile hospitals and healthcare systems throughout Upstate New York. 

Our urban, rural and suburban hospitals are the backbone of our communities.  We are the employers, the caregivers and the lifeline for Upstate New York citizens.  To add more government mandates for our Upstate safety-net hospitals would decimate entire communities.

 

1,834

RN FTE Vacancies

$180.8 Million

in annual added costs

The FACTS About Mandatory Nurse Staffing Ratios

Massachusetts voters had a say about this issue and they overwhelmingly voted NO to mandated nurse staffing ratios. Unfortunately, New Yorkers won’t get that same chance – it’s all up to our elected officials.  Our Upstate New York hospitals and healthcare systems need SUPPORT, not more MANDATES.  Tell your legislators and the Governor that more mandates on our Upstate safety-net providers ISN’T FAIR and ISN’T the ANSWER. 

FIND YOUR LEGISLATORS

Member Resources

SAMPLE LETTER TO LEGISLATORS

Customize this letter and send to your local legislators detailing the devastating impacts this proposed legislation would have on your organization and the community at large.

TALKING POINTS

Use these talking points in discussions with state lawmakers, press/media, employees, patients, and the general public.

IHA MEMO IN OPPOSITION TO MANDATED STAFFING COMMITTEES

Read IHA’s current Memo in Opposition to this legislation.

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