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BALCONY, The
Business and Labor Coalition of New York, www.balconynewyork.com, the
American Cancer Society, Baruch
College, and the New York American
Association of Public Opinion Research
(NYAAPOR) announced today that they are co-sponsoring
a...
Forum on New
York's Public Opinion Trends in the critical issue of
Health Care Coverage
The
forum will be held on Thursday, June 12th, from
8:30 - 11:00
AM, at Baruch College at
55 Lexington Avenue and East
24th Street, 14th Floor, Conference Room 14-220.
Admission to the event is
free. Continental breakfast will be served.
RSVP: researchforum@balconynewyork.com
or
www.balconynewyork.com.
"We
have taken the health care pulse of New Yorkers and it
shows an overwhelming beat for reform of our Health Care
system,"
stated BALCONY
co- chair Alan Lubin, Executive Vice President of the
600,000 member New York State United Teachers
(NYSUT).
PANELISTS:
- Elisabeth Ryden Benjamin, MSPH, JD presents
research by Lake Research Associates and the
160-year old public policy institution Community
Service Society ( www.cssny.org ).
- John Arensmeyer, President of
Small Business Majority, and Eleni
Delimpaltadaki, Director of Research for
BALCONY present a new survey of
New York Small Business attitudes towards Health Care
Coverage by BALCONY /
American Cancer Society /
AARP / Small Business
Majority (www.balconynewyork.com,
www.smallbusinesscalifornia.org,
www.cancer.org ).
- JoAnn Lamphere, Dr.P.H.,
Director, State Government Relations
HLTC, presents research by
AARP ( www.aarp.org/research/knowledge
).
- James Parrott, Chief Economist,
presents research by Fiscal Policy
Institute (www.fiscalpolicy.org).
The discussion will be moderated by
Robert Y. Shapiro, President of
NYAAPOR and Professor of Political
Science at Columbia
University.
Bruce
Ventimiglia and Alan Lubin,
Co-Chairs of BALCONY, and
Catherine Abate, President and CEO of
the Community HealthCare Network will
participate on the convening
panel.
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RESERVATION
INFORMATION:
To RSVP by June 10, email
your full name, affiliation and contact information to
researchforum@balconynewyork.com, or fill out the
RSVP form at www.balconynewyork.com.
Admission to the event is free.
Continental breakfast will be
served.
For reservations or media inquiries,
contact Eleni Delimpaltadaki at
eleni@balconynewyork.com or (212) 219 -
7777.
Click to here read the entire
release.
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Business and Labor Coalition of New York
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