The Roosevelt Doctor

Low Cost Health Insurance

jack — Sun, 25 Apr 2010 18:00:37 +0000

New York State has a low cost health insurance choice for people with too much income to qualify for Medicaid. Click Here.

Nancy and Tom Brown – a “Mainstreaming” story from the Main Street WIRE

jack — Sun, 25 Apr 2010 15:29:55 +0000

Nancy and Tom Brown moved from Goldwater Hospital into a Roosevelt Island apartment in 1976. Click here to read their front page story . Then read Dr. Resnick’s guest editorial on Page Two of that issue to learn how the Island’s remarkably successful experiment in housing is being allowed to die and what can be done to save it.

Independence at Home – The Game Changer: NY Academy of Medicine March 16, 2010 Presentation – Video

jack — Sun, 25 Apr 2010 12:35:33 +0000

Click here to see a video of Dr. Resnick’s presentation to The New York Academy of Medicine on how house calls and the Independence at Home Act will change the way health care is practiced in America.

Picking a Medicare Part D Drug Plan

jack — Thu, 14 Jan 2010 23:22:14 +0000

If you are in regular Medicare and want to know which part D drug plan to pick, this site will help you

FDR HOPE MEMORIAL

jack — Thu, 14 Jan 2010 22:54:13 +0000

The FDR HOPE MEMORIAL COMMITTEE is working to design and build a memorial to President Roosevelt that focuses on him as a disabled person who lived in the mainstream. Its mission statement reads:

President Franklin D Roosevelt is the inspiration for all who strive to overcome challenges. Roosevelt island was so named to reflect a commitment to an integrated community where the disabled move freely, live independently and develop to their fullest potential.
The FDR Hope Memorial will educate future generations about FDR and about Roosevelt Island, a vital community of “enabled” residents.

Arava Institute Alumni on CNN

jack — Sat, 02 Jan 2010 22:39:56 +0000

An Israeli and an Arab graduate of the Arava Institute describe how their year of study changed their lives and their perception.

Independence at Home for five Roosevelt Islanders – video inerviews

jack — Sat, 02 Jan 2010 18:15:40 +0000

Watch this video interview with five Roosevelt Island residents and see why they prefer house calls.The Roosevelt Doctor — Independence at Home

Slide Shows on Health Care Reform

jack — Sat, 02 Jan 2010 18:01:17 +0000

Dr. Resnick has presented his vision of what a reformed health care system should look like to a number of audiences.

Metropolitan Jewish Health Care System, Brooklyn, NY October, 2008
Medical Administrators Conference, Washington, DC, June, 2009
Obama Transition Committe Health Care Forum, Roosevelt Island, December, 2008

Good Caregivers are the Key to Health Care

jack — Sat, 02 Jan 2010 17:47:50 +0000

Better paid and better trained caregivers are crucial. Read this interview in PHI, the national publication of the Paraprofessional Healthcare Institute.

The Arava Institute

jack — Sat, 02 Jan 2010 17:07:55 +0000

The Arava Institute puts Arabs and Jews together for a year of postgraduate study in the desert as they work on shared ecological problems. Go to the Institute’s website to learn more about its activities.

Click here to sponsor Dr.Resnick’s October fundraising bicycle ride.