New York State

Public Hearing – November 2, 2007

Location

New Yorker Hotel
Crystal Ballroom
481 8th Avenue (corner of 34th and 8th)
New York, NY

Agenda

Welcome

  • Joseph Baker
    Assistant Deputy Secretary for Health and Human Services
    New York State Executive Chamber

Opening Remarks

  • Richard Daines, M.D.
    Commissioner of Health
  • Eric Dinallo
    Superintendent of Insurance

Testimony

Order Name Representing
1 Velmanette Montgomery New York State Senate
2 Thomas Duane New York State Senate
3 Marjorie Cadogan New York City Human Resources Administration
4 Robert Scher, M.D. Medical Society of the State of New York
5 Maura Bluestone Health Plan Association
6 Cornelia Jervis Gay Men's Health Crisis
7 Leonard Rodberg, Ph.D. Physicians for National Health Insurance
8 Lorraine Tiezzi New York State Coalition for School Based Health Centers
9 Mickey Lyons New York State Association of Health Underwriters
10 Dean Mohs Brooklyn HealthWorks
11 Parvati Devi  
12 Meyer Braiterman Brooklyn City-Wide Council for the Aging
13 Emma Chapman Health for Success
14 Deirdre Byrne The Children's Health Fund
15 Craig Lordigyan Independent Insurance Broker
16 Alfred Clapp Financial Strategies and Services Corp.
Jeff Gold JI Associates
17 Kevin Doyle Local 32 BJ
18 Carol Rodat Paraprofessional Healthcare Institute
19 Antonio Cedrone Clinical Psychologist
20 Marianne Jackson Clinical Psychologist
21 Jin Hee Lee New York Lawyers for the Public Interest
Ajamu Sankofa National Conference of Black Lawyers
22 Barbara Warren Sustainable South Bronx
23 Arthur Springer Lay Advocate
24 Alyssa Lord United Way of New York City
Bill Thompsen American Heart Association
Peter Slocum American Cancer Society
25 Greg Otten Center for Independence of the Disabled of NY
George Carter
26 Denise Soffel Medicaid Matters
27 Arnold Birenbaum Rose F. Kennedy Center
28 Karen Morice, M.D. Committee of Interns and Residents of SEIU Healthcare
29 Kaitlyn Tikkun The Queer Justice League
30 Joy Kallio  
31 Jack David Marcus  
32 Cameron Gelisse Joint Public Affairs Committee for Older Adults
33 Arnold Gore Consumer Health Freedom Coalition
34 Madeline Mincer Coalition of Concerned Medical Professionals
35 Kevin Rocap  
36 P. J. Weiner National Multiple Sclerosis Society, New York City Chapter
Susan Lall
37 Jeanette Doal  
38 Carol Yost Healthcare Now
39 Deane Beebe Medicare Rights Center
40 Judy Richheimer  
41 Consuelo Reyes  
42 Michael Hudson Aetna
43 Helen Ruddy Nurse Practitioners of New York