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Cairo Healthcare Forum (Audio)

Feb 17, 2019
Recorded from a live webstream from Diana Abadie from the Mountain Top Progressives on the WGXC app.
Rescheduled due to the Feb. 12 storm. This event will now take place on Sunday, February 17. Refreshments will be available! Single-payer healthcare forum hosted by NYPAN Greene chapter of New York Progressive Action Network. Hear from expert speakers about benefits, cost savings, how single-payer will be funded, and the difference between SP and public option. Speakers: Henry Moss, PhD, Physicians for a National Health Program, to provide an overview of benefits and challenges of establishing SP in New York and nationally; Jess Robie, RN, Campaign for New York Health, to discuss statewide efforts to pass New York Health Act, legislation that passed the NYS Assembly four consecutive years, is newly energized since the November elections, and how grassroots actions contribute to the campaign; Lindsey Kelly, National Nurses United, to explain why healthcare providers support Medicare 4 All; George Albro, co-chair New York Progressive Action Network, to present why Unions should back single-payer.