Howard Zucker, MD, JD
Commissioner, NYS Department of Health
Dennis Rosen
Inspector General, NYS Office of the Medicaid Inspector General
Dennis Whalen
President, Health Care Association of NYS - HANYS
Kenneth Raske
President, Greater New York Hospital Association GNYHA
Laura Haight
VP Public Policy, NYS Association of Health Care Providers
Elizabeth Dears
Chief Legislative Counsel
Stephen Hanse
VP, Counsel, New York State Health Facilities Association - NYSHFA
James W. Clyne, Jr.
President/CEO
Beverly Grossman
Senior Policy Director, Community Health Care Association of NYS
Steven Sanders
Executive Director, Agencies for Children's Therapy Services
Alfredo Cardillo
Executive Vice President, Home Care Association of NYS
Paul Macielak
President/CEO, New York Health Plan Association
James Lytle
Counsel, NYS Coalition of Managed Long Term Care & PACE Plans
Julie Hart
Dir. Govt. Relations, American Cancer Society
Ted Okon
Executive Director, Community Oncology Alliance
Gary Fitzgerald
President, Iroquois Health Care Alliance
James Kane
Treasurer, Empire State Association of Assisted Living
Roger Paganelli, RPh
President, Pharmacist Society of New York State
Kathy Febraio, CAE
Executive Director
Mike Duteau
President, Chain Pharmacy Association of NYS
Susan Zimet
Executive Director, Hunger Action Network of NYS
Dr. Bryan Ludwig
Albany District President, New York Chiropractic Council
Renee Nogales
MPA, Nurse-Family Partnership
Kim Atkins
Board Chairman, Family Planning Advocates of NYS
Sherlita Amler
President, MD, MS FAAP, NYS Association of County Health Officials
Kathleen Callan
Asst. Director, NYS Area Health Education Center System
Leslie Grubler
Founding Director, United NY Intervention Providers and Parents and Partners - UNYEIP
Daniel Lowenstein
Senior Director Public Affairs, Primary Care Development Corporation
Bryan O'Malley
Executive Director, Consumer Directed Personal Assistance Association of NYS
Bridget Walsh
Senior Policy Analyst, Schuyler Center
Amy Lowenstein
Senior Attorney, Empire Justice Center
Lara Kassel
Coordinator, Medicaid Matters NY
Adam Prizio
Manager Govt. Affairs, Center for Disability Rights
Bob Cohen
Policy Director for Citizen Action of NY
Henry Garrido
Executive Director, DC37
Written Testimony
Kristen Kerr and Jenn O'Connor
Co-chairs, Winning Beginning NY
SHARE, Support for Breast and Ovarian Cancer
PhRMA, Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America
Ralph Palladino
2nd Vice President AFSCME, DC 37 Local 1549
The Coalition of NYS Public Health Plans
Blair Horner
Executive Director, NYPIRG
Lauri Cole
Exec. Dir., NYS Council for Community Behavioral Healthcare
Joy Griffith
Exec. Dir., Maternity and Early Childhood Foundation
Advocates for Children of New York
Philip Povero
Sheriff, Ontario County
Fight Crime: Invest in Kids NY
Kim Voelker
Association Manager, NYMEP
Andrea Smyth
NYS Coalition for Children's Behavioral Health
Allison Sesso
Exec. Dir., Human Services Council of NY
Hospice & Palliative Care Association of NYS
Andrew Leonard
Children's Defense Fund
Scott Amrhein
President, Continuing Care Leadership Coalition
Jane Ginsburg, Director of Statewide Initiatives & Elizabeth Smith-Boivin, President
Coalition of NYS Alzheimer's Association Chapters
Association for Community Living (ACL)
Antar Novick
The Legal Aid Society
Heidi Siegfried
New Yorkers for Accessible Health Coverage (NYFAHC)
Elizabeth Berka
Southern Tier Independence Center (STIC)
Andrew Pallotta
NYSUT
Jason Lippman
Dir. Public Policy and Community Relations, Amida Care