Today in the Legislative Office Building in Albany, the New York State Assembly Committee on Health convened its sixth and final hearing on the New York Health Act, legislation I am sponsoring in the Assembly that would establish publicly funded universal healthcare coverage in New York State. Before the hearing began, I joined healthcare advocates and other New Yorkers at a news conference to talk about why we support single-payer healthcare in New York.
I spoke at a news conference in the Well of the Legislative Office Building in Albany before the hearing on the New York Health Act.
The Reverend Brooke Newell, Director of Social Witness for the New York State Council of Churches, talking about why she supports universal healthcare coverage at a news conference in the Well of the Legislative Office Building in Albany before the hearing on the New York Health Act.
Doug Bullock, an Albany County Legislator, speaking in support of the New York Health Act in the Well of the Legislative Office Building in Albany before the Assembly Health Committee hearing on the bill.
Speaking to reporters following the press conference on the New York Health Act held before the Assembly Health Committee hearing in Albany on the bill.
At the Assembly Health Committee hearing in Albany on the New York Health Act, Luke Buchanan speaks about the pitfalls of negotiating the private insurance market as a New Yorker with Cystic Fibrosis. With him are Star Hesse of the Senior Legislative Action Council of Sullivan County. and pediatrician and public health advocate Kathy Aberman.
Alan Pfeffer Advocacy Chair of the Huntingtons Disease Society of New York State, testifying at the hearing in support of the New York Health Act at the Assembly Health Committee hearing on the bill in the Legislative Office Building in Albany.
Dr. Mark Josefski, President of the New York State Academy of Family Physicians, testifying on behalf of the New York Health Act at the Assembly Health Committee’s hearing in Albany.
