The Empire Center hosted a half-day conference looking at the New York Health Act, a proposal to create a state-run single-payer healthcare system.
Panel 1: Is single-payer the right prescription?
Panelists:
- Hon. Gustavo Rivera, Chair, NYS Senate Health Committee
- Hon. Richard Gottfried, Chair, NYS Assembly Health Committee
- Bea Grause, President, Healthcare Association of NYS
- Sean Doolan, General Counsel, NYS Conference of Blue Cross and Blue Shield Plans
Moderator: David Sandman, President & CEO, New York State Health Foundation
Panel 2: Alternative solutions for New York’s heathcare system
Panelists:
- Michael Sparer, Chair & Professor, Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health
- Eric Linzer, President & CEO, NY Health Plan Association
- Michael Capaldo, Media Chairman, NYS Association of Health Underwriters
Moderator: Bill Hammond, Health Policy Director, Empire Center for Public Policy
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"...the Empire Center is the think tank that spent months trying to pry Covid data out of Mr. Cuomo's government, which offered a series of unbelievable excuses for its refusal to disclose...five months after it (the Empire Center) sued, Team Cuomo finally started coughing up some of the records." -Wall Street Journal, February 19, 2021
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