2019 Spring Meeting

2019 Jun 05 - 6:57pm-6:57pm - 1199 SEIU, 155 Washington Avenue, Albany, NY 12210

Host: Health Care For All New York

Join us in Albany for the 2019 Annual Spring Meeting! HCFANY Steering Committee members will provide an update on health care issues in the State legislature (you can read our policy agenda here) and what’s coming up over the summer. We’ll also hold breakouts for discussion and strategizing. Lunch will be provided. Register here.

Agenda

10:00  Coffee and Registration

10:30  Welcome (Ben Anderson, Children’s Defense Fund)

10:35 New York’s Affordability Crisis (Amanda Dunker, Community Service Society of New York)

10:40 Panel and Discussion: Bills, Bills, Bills

  • Seongeun Chun, New York Immigration Coalition
  • Carrie Tracy, Community Service Society of New York
  • Lois Uttley, Raising Women’s Voices
  • Heidi Siegfried, Center for the Independence of the Disabled
  • Mark Hannay, Metro Health Care for All New York

11:15 Panel and Discussion: Health System Transparency

  • Melanie Kruvelis, Young Invincibles
  • Emily Dore, Community Service Society of New York
  • Amanda Dunker, Community Service Society of New York

12:00 Update from the Local and Federal Levels

  • Michelle DiBacco, NYC Health + Hospitals
  • Seongeun Chun, New York Immigration Coalition
  • Ben Anderson, Children’s Defense Fund

12:30: Lunch

1:00: Breakout Sessions Round 1

  • Systemic Hospital Reforms
  • Coverage Expansions

2:00 Breakout Sessions Round 2

  • Prescription Drug Prices and Access
  • We the Patients – Using Social Media to Gather Stories

3:00 Report Back and Closing