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In The Public Service rather than worrying about who will make decisions for them if they cannot or worrying if someone will respect their choices if they are unable to make medical choices at that time. Over the last year alone, NLS attorneys have helped more than 400 patients in legal matters such as income maintenance, housing, family, health, consumer, and disability law. By addressing these health-harming legal issues for patients, Neighborhood Legal Services clients can focus on their health and health outcomes as barriers, such as food insecurity, housing insecurity, economic insecurity and access to health care, are eliminated by the work of Neighborhood Legal Services MLP Continued from Page 14
attorneys. If you are interested in learning more about Neighborhood Legal Services and Medical Legal Partnerships, please reach out to us at 716-847-0650.
Footnotes 1 Social Determinants of Health: Know What Affects Health, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, https://www.cdc.gov/ socialdeterminants/index.htm 2 The American Health Care Paradox: Why Spending More Is Getting Us Less. Elizabeth H. Bradley and Lauren A. Taylor. 272 pp. New York, NY, PublicAffairs, 2013. ISBN 978-61309-209-9 (hbk.: alk. paper); 978-1-61309-210-5 (e-book). About the Authors Michael Reiser graduated from the University at Buffalo School of Law in 2016, and was admitted to the NYS Bar in 2017. Mi- chael began his legal career in private practice prior to joining NLS in November of 2019. Larry E. Waters, Jr. graduated from the University at Buffalo School of Law in 2017 and was admitted to the New York State Bar in January 2018. Larry is a staff attorney in the Neighborhood Legal Services’ Medical Legal Partnership initiative.
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