BALCONY, the Business and Labor Coalition of New York, joins the American Cancer Society in a roundtable discussion on health care access and expanded insurance coverage for Westchester and Putnam counties on April 3, 2008. The forum will be held at the Crowne Plaza Hotel in White Plains, New York from 8 to 10:30 A.M. and will feature an evaluation of the various access proposals by Elisabeth Benjamin, the Director for Health Care Restructuring Initiatives for the Community Service Society. A discussion of the issues surrounding health care access will ensue, led by Peter Slocum of the American Cancer Society, Karen Magee of the Westchester Putnam AFL-CIO Central Labor Coalition, and Lou Gordon, Coordinator of BALCONY. Lois Bronz, a Westchester County legislator, and Vincent Tamagna, a Putnam County legislator, will provide the local county perspectives. This event is hosted by Advanced Oncology Associates, the American Cancer Society, BALCONY, County Dental, the Sarah Newman Center/Jewish Home Lifecare, the Visiting Nurse Services of Westchester, the Westchester Community Association, and the Westchester/Putnam AFL-CIO.

If interested in attending, please RSVP by Friday, March 28, 2008. All RSVPs should be directed to Lillian Jones of the American Cancer Society. Her e-mail address is Lillian.Jones@cancer.org, and her phone is (914) 397-8811 and Fax is (914) 949-4279.