My 99 Cents

My letter to the NY Daily News (unpublished )

To the editor:

The NYC Health Department just announced

Skyrocketing rates of diabetes in New

York City, especially in low-income

neighborhoods ("City Stalked by Diabetes",

NY Daily News, July 25).

On the same day, you report that two health

Clinics which serve thousands of Brooklyn

residents in communities with “high rates of

diabetes” may close for lack of funds

("Gloves off in fight to keep

clinics open," July 25).

So, at the very moment City health officials

sound the alarm about a looming health crisis,

we learn that access to medical treatment is to

be eliminated from neighborhoods where

it’s needed most.

There is something very wrong with this picture.

City and State officials must now act on this alarming

report by increasing - not decreasing - access to

affordable, high-quality care for low-income City

residents with diabetes and other serious illnesses.

Sincerely,

whatsleft