• Our Work

    • The COVID-19 pandemic is touching every aspect of New York's health care system and broader community, and its effects will be long-lasting. This page includes links to various UHF efforts related to COVID-19: resources, analysis, and commentary. UHF staff will be updating this page as new resources become available. 

    We encourage everyone to stay safe and heed the advice of health professionals. For immediate and up-to-date information, please visit the coronavirus pages of the CDC, the New York State Department of Health, and the New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene.

     
  • Our Work

    • Commentary: Grandparents and Traumatized Children: Where Two Epidemics Converge

    Carol Levine, a senior fellow at United Hospital Fund, and Suzanne C. Brundage, director of UHF's Children’s Health Initiative, on how the convergence of COVID-19 and the opioid epidemic is affecting grandparents and the children in their care. 
    Commentary

     

    News: UHF Testimony Addresses COVID-19's Impact on Minority Communities

    UHF President Tony Shih, MD, and Chad Shearer, senior vice president for policy and program, submitted written testimony to a New York State joint legislative hearing that explored solutions to COVID-19's disproportionate impact on minority communities. 
    Article

     

    Commentary: How COVID-19 Affects People with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities

    Ron Colavito, president & CEO of Access: Supports for Living, and Arthur Y. Webb, executive director of New York Integrated Network for Persons with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities (NYIN), look at the pandemic's heavy toll on people with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD).
    Commentary

     

    Commentary: COVID-19, Cities, and Health

    Jo Ivey Boufford, MD, Clinical Professor of Global Health at the NYU School of Global Health, and Anthony Shih, MD, president of UHF, on how cities can learn from the current crisis and become more resilient. 
    Commentary

     

    Commentary: COVID-19 Deepens Existing Health Disparities

    Lisa David, the president and CEO of Public Health Solutions, examines how the pandemic is exacerbating existing health disparities.
    Commentary

     

    Commentary: During the Pandemic, Home Health Aides Deserve Respect, Protection, and Fair Pay

    Kathryn Haslanger, the CEO of JASA, on the essential role of home health aides during the COVID-19 pandemic and how they can be better supported. 
    Commentary
     

     

    Report: New York’s “Other” Individual Market Needs an Update

    As consumers seek to replace lost job-based health insurance coverage or find new plans during the pandemic, a new UHF report recommends a series of upgrades for New York’s “off-exchange” market for individuals, including the elimination of enrollment barriers for immigrants who are not permitted to get coverage through the NY State of Health marketplace.
    Report

     

    Commentary: Payer Actions Can Help Sustain Primary Care During and After COVID-19

    Christopher F. Koller, president of the Milbank Memorial Fund, and UHF president Anthony Shih, MD, examine COVID-19's effect on small primary care practices and how payer actions can help sustain them. The piece is being co-published by the Milbank Memorial Fund.   
    Commentary  

     

    Commentary: Will COVID-19 Change the Way We Look at Mental Health and Substance Misuse?

    Kristin Woodlock, CEO of Woodlock & Associates and a consultant at the National Council for Behavioral Health, looks at how COVID-19 is changing behavioral health.
    Commentary

     

    Commentary: Community health centers on the brink

    Robert M. Hayes, president and CEO of Community Healthcare Network, shines a light on the critical situation faced by community health centers during the pandemic.
    Commentary

     

    Consumer Guide: Maintaining health insurance coverage during the pandemic

    Practical advice for New Yorkers on how to replace lost health insurance coverage or find a new health plan during these perilous times. Available in English, Spanish, Simplified Chinese, Russian, Bengali, and Creole.
    Consumer Guide (English)
    Guía para el consumidor (Spanish)
    消费者指南 (Simplified Chinese)
    Руководство для потребителей (Russian)
    সভোিোর্ৈর জিু একটি েোইে (Bengali)
    Yon Gid pou Kliyan (Creole)

     

    Commentary: Tony Shih on questions for the future raised by the COVID-19 pandemic

    Tony Shih, president of UHF, considers what we can learn from the pandemic response so far—and how we can be better prepared for such events in the future.
    Commentary

     

    Links: Online resources for parents and pediatric providers

    To aid parents and pediatric and social service providers as they respond to numerous challenges arising from COVID-19, UHF's Children’s Health Initiative has compiled two lists of resources from trusted sources.
    Resources for parents
    Resources for pediatric providers

     

    Video: Keeping health care workers safe 

    On March 22nd, Eileen Sullivan-Marx—UHF board member, dean of NYU’s nursing school, and president of the American Academy of Nursing—spoke on MSNBC about what it takes to keep our first-line health care workers safe.
    MSNBC video (via youtube)

     
    New York and the Coronavirus
    Thank you, health care workers.

    This is a uniquely challenging time for New York's health care system. United Hospital Fund applauds health care workers across the tristate area who are selflessly working around the clock to address the spread of coronavirus. We encourage everyone to stay safe and heed the advice of health professionals. For up-to-date information, please visit the coronavirus pages of the CDC, the New York State Department of Health, and the New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene.

    NYC Info on COVID-19