New York State

Public Hearing – November 13, 2007

Location

Onondaga Community College
Storer Auditorium
Syracuse, NY

Agenda

Welcome

  • Lora Lefebvre
    Deputy Secretary for Public Finance and Local Government
    New York State Executive Chamber

Opening Remarks

  • Richard Daines, M.D.
    Commissioner of Health
  • Troy Oechsner
    Deputy Superintendent for Health
    New York State Insurance Department

Testimony

Order Name Representing
1 Tim Joseph Tompkins County Legislature
2 Michael Turpin United Healthcare
3 Gary Fitzgerald Iroquois Healthcare Alliance
4 Brendan O'Connor Physicians for a National Health Program
Keith Marshall, M.D. SUNY Upstate Chapter
Stan Gutelius, M.D.  
5 John O'Neill Lourdes Hospital
6 Bridget Walsh Schuyler Center
7 Dennis Nave, M.D. Greater Syracuse Labor Council
8 Donna Gillette Resource Center for Independent Living
9 Jeffrey Sneider, M.D.  
10 Jeffrey Sneider, M.D. Onondaga County Medical Society
11 Peter Sarver Onondaga Citizen's League
12 Larry Novak, M.D. Academy of Family Physicians
13 Cynthia Carlson  
14 Ron Guglielmo New York State Catholic Conference
15 Nancy Conde North Country Children's Clinic
Bethany Schroeder Ithaca Health Alliance and Free Clinic
16 Lynn Harter Eastern Farmworkers Association
17 Michael Kaufman Coalition for Democracy in Oneonta
18 Katherine Buchanan  
19 Elaine Nagle  
20 Seth Gordon The Nurse Practitioner Association New York State
Joy Elwell  
21 Richard Adler, M.D.  
22 Ronniesha Butler Tompkins County Worker's Center
Bernie Fetterly Tompkins County Healthcare Task Force
Rebecca Elgie Hospice Palliative Care Services
23 Joan Bechhofer Tompkins County League of Women Voters
24 Linda Hagger  
25 Rev. Dr. Janet Hansen MICAH
26 Pamela Finch Employer Alliance for Affordable Healthcare
27 Dan Colacino NYS Association of Health Underwriters
28 Denise Murray American Cancer Society
29 Theresa Alt Ithaca Democratic Socialists of America
30 Stephen McCormick Health Advancement Collaborative of Central NY
31 Kara Vandaver ARISE
32 Diane Adams  
33 Karen Kenning Injured People of Central NY
34 Lisa Smith  
35 Marie Harkins OB/GYN Associates of Ithaca
36 Lisa Parlato  
37 Laurie Dart  
38 Jim Murphy Legal Services of Central NY
39 Richard H. Aubry, M.D., M.P.H. SUNY Upstate Medical University
40 David H. Breen