New York Debates Whether Housing Counts As Health Care [NPR.org]

Samantha Sangenito 7/28/1412:00 PM

Addressing ACEs often requires breaking down silos among agencies and funding sources. This article asks whether housing counts as healthcare.

New York now has about 47,000 supportive housing units, and the state intends to invest $260 million Medicaid dollars over the next two years. But the federal government won't match it.

At the crux of this debate is the question of whether housing qualifies as health care.

[For more of this story, written by Amanda Aronczyk, go to http://www.npr.org/blogs/health/2014/07/28/335324046/new-york-debates-whether-housing-counts-as-health-care]

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