Join Landmark and the League of Women Voters of Port Washington-Manhasset to learn more about the proposed NY Health Act on Tuesday, March 20, at Landmark on Main Street. The evening will include a screening of the short film “Fix It: Healthcare at the Tipping Point,” followed by a panel and audience discussion of the issues that face us in guaranteeing health care for all.
The program will begin at 7 p.m. and admission is free.
The community is invited to join the conversation. They’ll hear from experts and neighbors voicing a breadth of perspectives and decide for themselves whether they are in favor of the New York Health Act.
If passed, the New York Health Act (A. 4738 / S. 4840) will provide for health care for all New York State residents and will eliminate financial barriers to care, while allowing people to go to the doctor and hospital of their choice. Like the rest of the industrialized world, it will give New Yorkers access to health care without fear of bankruptcy. New York Health will treat health care as a human right, not a commodity for those who can afford to pay.
Moderating our discussion is Dr. Judith B. Esterquest, Healthcare Chair for the Port Washington-Manhasset chapter of the League of Women Voters. Our panelists are Professor Leonard Rodberg, Research Director for Physicians for a National Health Plan and on the faculty at the School of Public Health at Queens College, CUNY, for three decades and Martha Livingston, Ph.D., Professor and Chair of the Public Health department at SUNY Old Westbury and Vice-Chair of the Board of Directors of the New York Metro chapter of Physicians for a National Health Program.
Health care is a human right! Let’s guarantee health care for all New Yorkers by passing The New York Health Act in 2018.
