Event Date:
Monday, May 2, 2022 – 1:00pm to 3:00pm
Event Type7:
Pushing for Universal Healthcare: Possibilities and Challenges;
Speakers:
- Richard Gottfried: Assemblyman Gottffried, retiring at the end of the year, is the longest-serving legislator in NYS history and chair of the Assembly Committee on Healthcare. Thirty years ago, he first proposed the single payer New York Health Act. He is arguably the most tireless legislative advocate and organizer for health care reform and universal health care in New York state.
- Mark Dudzic is the national coordinator of the Labor Campaign for Single Payer. For 18 years, Dudzic was president of Local 8-149 of the Oil, Chemical and Atomic Workers International Union (OCAW) and is chair of the U.S. Labor Party.
Discussion will follow their presentations.
(As necessary, there will be an update on what’s happening to retiree healthcare.)
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