On June 12, 2008, BALCONY, the Business and Labor Coalition of New York hosted a Health Care Public Opinion Research forum that focused on the health care concerns and preferences for health care reform of New Yorkers and New York’s small businesses. The forum was co-sponsored by the New York Chapter of the American Association for Public Opinion Research (www.nyaapor.org), the American Cancer Society (www.cancer.org), and the Baruch College School of Public Affairs (www.baruch.cuny.edu/spa), and took place at Baruch College.

(at the panel table, from left to right: Bruce Ventimiglia, Alan Lubin, Cathrine Abate, Robert Shapiro, James Parrott, JoAnn Lamphere, Elisabeth Benjamin, Eleni Delimpaltadaki and Benjamin Geyerhahn)

THE HEALTH CARE PULSE OF NEW YORK FORUM PANELISTS:

James Parrott, Chief Economist at the Fiscal Policy Institute, who presented his study “The Health Care and Social Costs of the Uninsured in New York State” (www.fiscalpolicy.org).
View James Parrott’s PowerPoint Presentation here: James Parrott

Elisabeth Ryden Benjamin, Director of New York Healthcare Restructuring Initiatives at the Community Service Society, who presented two survey studies on “The consumer’s worries about health care and preferences for reform” conducted by Lake Research Associates (www.hcfany.org).
View Elisabeth Ryden Benjamin’s presentation here: Elisabeth Ryden Benjamin

Eleni Delimpaltadaki, Director of Research for BALCONY, and Benjamin Geyerhahn, of the Small Business Majority, who presented the “Health Care Pulse of New York Small Businesses Survey” (www.balconynewyork.com, www.smallbusinessmajority.com).

JoAnn Lamphere, Director, State Government Relations HLTC at AARP, who presented findings of different surveys regarding “50+ adults’ attitudes in New York State” and provided “a comparison of New Yorkers’ opinions to those of residents from other states.” (www.aarp.org/research/knowledge).

Read the Report: Forum Report