FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
February 10, 2010
Joint Legislative Public Hearings On
2010-2011 Executive Budget Proposal
Health
Among the individuals and organizations providing oral/written testimony were:
- Department of Health Commissioner Dr. Richard F. Daines;
- Office of Medicaid Inspector General James Sheehan;
- Greater NY Hospital Association President & CEO Kenneth E. Raske;
- Healthcare Assoc of NYS(HANYS) President Daniel Sisto;
- Associated Medical Schools of NYS CEO Jo Wiederhorn;
- NY Assoc of Homes & Services for Aging President Dennis Bozzi;
- Continuing Care Leadership Coalition President Scott Amrhein;
- Greater NY Healthcare Facilities Executive Director Michael Balboni;
- NYS Health Facilities Association Executive VP of Government Affairs Robert Murphy;
- Self-Help Community Services Legal Resource Program Director Valerie Bogart;
- Consumer Directed Personal Assistant Association of NYS Executive Director Barbera Zimmons;
- Concepts of Independent Choices CEO Tony Caputo;
- American Academy of Pediatrics Director of Policy & Advocacy Elie Ward;
- Medical Society of the State of NY Senior VP, Division of Government Affairs Gerard Conway, Esq;
- NYS Nurses Association Deputy CEO Deborah Elliott;
- Coalition for School Based Health Centers Chairman Chris Kjolhede, MD;
- Community Health Care Assoc of NYS Policy Director Kate Breslin;
- Family Planning Advocates of NYS President & CEO M. Tracey Brooks;
- Home Care Associates Member of Board of Directors Michelle Mazzacco;
- NYS Assoc of Healthcare Providers President Phyllis Wang and Vice President of Caregivers Bader Reynolds;
- Business Council of NYS President Kenneth Adams;
- Pepsi Cola North America Nutrition & Scientific Affairs Director Dr. Danielle Greenberg;
- NYS Automatic Vending Association President Mike Esposito;
- American Council on Science & Health: Dr. Ruth Kava
- Health Plan Association President & CEO Paul Macielak;
- Empire State Healthcare Coalition & NYS Assoc of Health Underwriters Board Member Richard Fleder;
- Conference of Blue Cross & Blue Shield Health Plans Excellus President & CEO David Klein and President & CEO, CDPHP John Bennett;
- NYS Assoc of County Health Officials Onondaga County Executive Director Linda Wagner;
- Hudson Valley Health Officials Network Commissioner of Public Health Dr. Michael Caldwell, Dutchess County
- Maternity & Early Childhood Foundation Executive Director Joy Griffith;
- Local 1549, DC 37, 2nd Vice President Ralph Palladino;
- Pharmacy Association of NYS Executive Director Steven B. Weingarten;
- Pharmacists Society of NYS Executive Director Craig Burridge;
- AARP Executive Council Member Bill Ferris and NYS Legislative Representative Bill Ferris;
- Medicaid Matters NY Coordinator Lara Kassel;
- Empire Justice Center Senior Paralegal Cathy Roberts;
- New Yorkers for Accessible Health Coverage Program Director Heidi Siegfried;
- American Cancer Society Vice President for Advocacy Peter Slocum;
- Spinal Cord Society Chairman Paul Richter;
- NY Neural Stem Cell Institute Rensselaer Scientific Director Dr. Sally Temple;
- Legal Action Center NYS Policy Director Tracie Gardner;
- Empire State Pride Agenda Network Director Jonathan Lang;
- ACTS (Professional Agencies for Children's Therapy Services) John Calderon
- Supportive Housing Network of NY Executive Director Ted Houghton;
- NYS Catholic Conference Healthcare Director Ron Guglielmo; and
- The Group for Scientific Reappraisal of the HIV/AIDS Hypothesis, Frank Stoppenback