invites you to a
Meeting to Protect and
Strengthen Health Care in Queens!
WHEN:
Saturday, February 26, 2011
10:30 AM to 12:30 PM
WHERE:
The Renaissance Charter School
35-59 81st Street
Jackson Heights, NY 11372
Co Sponsored by:
NYC Council Member Daniel Dromm
Assemblyman Francisco Moya
Citizen Action of New York
Metro New York Health Care for All Campaign
Join community leaders throughout the borough to develop a public plan of action to prevent further hospital closures and strengthen health care in Queens.
HERE ARE SOME FACTS:
- Queens alone has had 3 hospital closures in the last 5 years.
- Queens has 1/3 the hospital beds as Manhattan and 1/2 the hospital beds as New York State.
- Governor Cuomo is proposing $2.85 billion in Medicaid cuts, or $5.7 billion with the loss of matching federal funds. These cuts could lead to more hospital closures and decreased access to health care in an area that is already medically underserved!