Thursday, August 30, 2007

United for Change


Today, at a meeting in Lake George, representatives from area health care providers and law makers gathered to address an issue threatening rural New Yorkers. The potential crisis involves a serious shortage in health care services. The group worked swiftly and decisively. A letter was drafted and will be sent to Governor Spitzer. The three actions the group is calling for to, "avert a health care catastrophe in the North Country" are:

1) commit emergency funding to protect essential community providers in the Adirondacks from fiscal collapse;
2) convene both public authorities and private carriers to assure that all payers contribute their fair share to both the rescue and continuing support of essential services; and
3) establish an Adirondack Healthcare Demonstration Project to test and validate reforms that are needed statewide but for which this region can no longer wait.


We will keep you posted as we learn more.

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