Among the individuals and organizations providing oral/written testimony were:

• Department of Health Commissioner Dr. Richard F. Daines;
• Office of Medicaid Inspector General James Sheehan;
• Greater NY Hospital Association President & CEO Kenneth E. Raske;
• Healthcare Assoc of NYS(HANYS) President Daniel Sisto;
• Associated Medical Schools of NYS CEO Jo Wiederhorn;
• NY Assoc of Homes & Services for Aging President Dennis Bozzi;
• Continuing Care Leadership Coalition President Scott Amrhein;
• Greater NY Healthcare Facilities Executive Director Michael Balboni;
• NYS Health Facilities Association Executive VP of Government Affairs Robert Murphy;
• Self-Help Community Services Legal Resource Program Director Valerie Bogart;
• Consumer Directed Personal Assistant Association of NYS Executive Director Barbera Zimmons;
• Concepts of Independent Choices CEO Tony Caputo;
• American Academy of Pediatrics Director of Policy & Advocacy Elie Ward;
• Medical Society of the State of NY Senior VP, Division of Government Affairs Gerard Conway, Esq;
• NYS Nurses Association Deputy CEO Deborah Elliott;
• Coalition for School Based Health Centers Chairman Chris Kjolhede, MD;
• Community Health Care Assoc of NYS Policy Director Kate Breslin;
• Family Planning Advocates of NYS President & CEO M. Tracey Brooks;
• Home Care Associates Member of Board of Directors Michelle Mazzacco;
• NYS Assoc of Healthcare Providers President Phyllis Wang and Vice President of Caregivers Bader Reynolds;
• Business Council of NYS President Kenneth Adams;
• Pepsi Cola North America Nutrition & Scientific Affairs Director Dr. Danielle Greenberg;
• NYS Automatic Vending Association President Mike Esposito;
• American Council on Science & Health: Dr. Ruth Kava
• Health Plan Association President & CEO Paul Macielak;
• Empire State Healthcare Coalition & NYS Assoc of Health Underwriters Board Member Richard Fleder;
• Conference of Blue Cross & Blue Shield Health Plans Excellus President & CEO David Klein and President & CEO, CDPHP John Bennett;
• NYS Assoc of County Health Officials Onondaga County Executive Director Linda Wagner;
• Hudson Valley Health Officials Network Commissioner of Public Health Dr. Michael Caldwell, Dutchess County
• Maternity & Early Childhood Foundation Executive Director Joy Griffith;
• Local 1549, DC 37, 2nd Vice President Ralph Palladino;
• Pharmacy Association of NYS Executive Director Steven B. Weingarten;
• Pharmacists Society of NYS Executive Director Craig Burridge;
• AARP Executive Council Member Bill Ferris and NYS Legislative Representative Bill Ferris;
• Medicaid Matters NY Coordinator Lara Kassel;
• Empire Justice Center Senior Paralegal Cathy Roberts;
• New Yorkers for Accessible Health Coverage Program Director Heidi Siegfried;
• American Cancer Society Vice President for Advocacy Peter Slocum;
• Spinal Cord Society Chairman Paul Richter;
• NY Neural Stem Cell Institute Rensselaer Scientific Director Dr. Sally Temple;
• Legal Action Center NYS Policy Director Tracie Gardner;
• Empire State Pride Agenda Network Director Jonathan Lang;
• ACTS (Professional Agencies for Children's Therapy Services) John Calderon
• Supportive Housing Network of NY Executive Director Ted Houghton;
• NYS Catholic Conference Healthcare Director Ron Guglielmo; and
• The Group for Scientific Reappraisal of the HIV/AIDS Hypothesis, Frank Stoppenback