{"id":822830,"date":"2026-08-23T05:22:08","date_gmt":"2026-08-23T05:22:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/822830\/"},"modified":"2026-08-23T05:22:08","modified_gmt":"2026-08-23T05:22:08","slug":"healthcare-workers-hold-rally-calling-for-healthcare-funding","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/822830\/","title":{"rendered":"Healthcare workers hold rally calling for healthcare funding"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Irondequoit, N.Y. \u2014 Healthcare workers are marking the end of summer with a <a href=\"https:\/\/13wham.com\/news\/local\/community-members-rally-against-federal-cuts-to-healthcare-and-education\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">call<\/a> to protect local healthcare funding during the upcoming general election.<\/p>\n<p>Workers, community organizations and local leaders gathered Saturday at Seabreeze Amusement Park.<\/p>\n<p>MORE: <a href=\"https:\/\/13wham.com\/news\/local\/rochester-nurses-rally-for-healthcare-reform-at-liberty-pole-way\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Rochester nurses rally for health care reform and better working conditions<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The group hosted a Get Out the Vote event, helping registered voters and endorsing candidates in support of their concerns.<\/p>\n<p>Organizations said over one trillion dollars has been cut from <a href=\"https:\/\/13wham.com\/news\/local\/local-leaders-urge-governor-kathy-hochul-to-act-on-medicaid-funding-crisis-rochester-new-york-state-reimbursement-rate\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">healthcare programs <\/a>across the country, with Saturday\u2019s event looking to change that.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are looking to save Medicare, Medicaid, get funding back, and keep everything in place for our citizens,\u201d said Tina Black, a full-time licensed practical nurse for the Niagara Falls Medical Center.<\/p>\n<p>The event also included a backpack and supplies giveaway.<\/p>\n<p>________<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Irondequoit, N.Y. \u2014 Healthcare workers are marking the end of summer with a call to protect local healthcare&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":822831,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[59],"tags":[97,252,253],"class_list":["post-822830","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-health-care","tag-health","tag-health-care","tag-healthcare"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/822830","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=822830"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/822830\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/822831"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=822830"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=822830"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=822830"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}