MEDIA ADVISORY from
The Coalition to Protect Medicaid

April 3, 2017

Contacts:

Judy Wessler: The Coalition to Protect Medicaid, 917-208-0368

Carl Ginsburg, NYS Nurses Association, 917-405-1060

Delaney Kempner, Public Advocate Letitia James, 646- 799-3659

Mischa Sogut, Assembly Member Gottfried, 518-455-4941

Anthony Feliciano, Commission on the Public's Health System, 646-325-5317

NO TRUMPED-UP CARE!

MEDICAID UNDER ATTACK

The Fight to Save Medicaid is Just Beginning

While President Trump and the Republicans in Congress figure out another way to thrash Medicaid, we are holding a "Town Hall" about what we can expect and how to fight against it. Who will win from their plan? Who will lose? The Coalition to Protect Medicaid is coordinated by the Commission on the Public's Health System and includes 22 community-based organizations.

One third of our New Yorkers - 6.5 million of our people - get their health care through Medicaid - for the doctor or hospital, home care, nursing home care, and more. Medicaid funds community hospitals, health centers, and other providers who take care of all of us. Millions are in danger of losing their health insurance and access to health care.

Community residents, community-based organizations, labor, and state and city elected officials are coming together with a common purpose - the need to protect Medicaid, and plan to defeat the Republican proposals for eliminating 'Obamacare' and throwing us onto the "mercy" of the insurance industry.

Who:
People with disabilities, seniors, people with chronic illnesses, immigrants, families will talk about the meaning of Medicaid for them.

• Public Advocate Letitia James
• State Senator Gustavo Rivera, Ranking member of State Senate Health Committee and sponsor of New York Health, the NY Single Payer bill
• Jill Furillo, RN, Executive Director of NYSNA (New York State Nurses Association)
• Advocates, members of coalition groups

What: Forum/Town Hall Meeting

When: Thursday, April 6th, 2017 5:30 pm to 8 pm

Where: 32BJ SEIU 5th floor Auditorium

25 West 18th Street, between Fifth and Sixth Aves.

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Sponsored by the Coalition (in formation):
Academy of Medical and Public Health Services, African Services Committee, Arab American Family Support Center, Assembly Health Committee Chair Richard Gottfried, Brooklyn Perinatal Network, Inc., Brooklyn-wide Interagency Council of the Aging, Caribbean Women's Health Association, Center for Independence of the Disabled NY, Commission on the Public's Health System. Council Member Corey Johnson, El Centro del Inmigrante, Fort Greene SNAP, Harlem Independent Living Center, Harvest Home Farmers Market, Health People, Housing Works, Korean Community Services of Metropolitan New York, The Legal Aid Society, New York Immigration Coalition, New York State Nurses Association, NY Legal Assistance Group, NY StateWide Senior Action Council, Northern Manhattan Perinatal Partnership CARES, Planned Parenthood NYC, Public Advocate Letitia James, State Senators Gustavo Rivera and Liz Krueger, South Asian Council for Social Services