Newschannel 34
Binghampton, NY
From Citizen Action:
Residents of the Southern Tier and members of Citizen Action of New York, which led the fight for passage of federal health reform in New York State, will hold a press conference on Monday, January 24th to speak out on the benefits of health care reform to Southern Tier residents, and to protest a vote last week in the U.S. House of Representatives to repeal the landmark health reform law passed in March. The press conference will also release a major new report which establishes a roadmap for the NY state legislation that must be passed in 2011 to build a “pro-consumer” health system in the state to ensure that the health insurer abuses that led to passage of the federal reform law do not continue.
The new report: A new Pro-Consumer Health Care System: Enforcing the New Federal Health Care Law in New York State, was written by the Public Policy and Education Fund of New York (PPEF), Citizen Action’s research and educaiton affiliate. The recommendations in the report cover five major areas: 1) consumer-oriented governance; 2) consumer assistance; 3) affordable health insurance rates; 4) consumer rights; and 5) reduction of racial and ethnic disparities in health care.
