Seminar on Re-Envisioning Ethical Alternatives in Health Care:
"Market-Driven Restructuring: Coverage Crisis; Inter-Faith Values"
September 3, 1997
4:00 PM to 7:00 PM
The Interchurch Center
Sockman Lounge, First Floor
475 Riverside Drive at 120th Street
New York, NY 10115
Dialogue-Openers:
I. "State Plans, Market-Driven Restructuring, Community Impacts"
Richard Kirsch, New York State Health Care Campaign (Citizens Action)
* Lawrence Brown, Columbia School of Public Health, NY Consortium Health Services Research
* Nazry Michelin, Area Admin, Office of Health Systems Management, NY Department of Health
Cesar Perales, J.D., VP, Columbia-Presby Hosp. (fmr Dep Mayor & State Cmsr Social Services)
II. "Inter-Faith Values, Strategic Consultation, Initiatives" [ca. 4:45 p.m.]
Ted Steege, Unitarian-Universalist Service Committee, Interreligious Health Care Working
Group, Universal Health Care Action Network, Board, Washington D.C.
--National Inter-Religious Health Care Consultations
--Post-UHCAN Conference and "People’s Jury" of Investor-Owned Chains
Rev. Diane Winley, * Rev. Fanny Erickson, The Riverside Church, Health and Wellness Program – Linking Internal Consciousness-Raising and Community Service with Local and National Policy Advocacy
Report -Brooklyn Clergy & Congregations Coalitions: Coney Island, L.I. College Hospitals
Report - Health Advocates and Jewish Social Concern Groups
[Buffet break about 5:45 p.m.]
III. "Deepening Health Coverage Crisis: Harlem & The City"[ca. 6:00 p.m.]
* Dr. Al Cohall, new Director, Harlem Center for Prevention and Promotion
Marshall England, Harlem Hospital Community Board, Campaign Save City Hospitals
Amy Bernstein, coordinator, Health Insurance Infromation and Counseling Assistance Program/ City Dept. Aging – "Medicare/Medicaid Maze"
Terry Mizrahi, Gerald Beallor, Co-Chairs, Health Network, National Association of Social Workers Impact Monitoring, Policy Advocacy
…..Reports on Harlem-Northern Manhattan Clergy, Congregations Outreach…..
IV. "Progress Reports, Action Announcements: Around-The-Table" [by 6:45 p.m.]
Empire Blue Cross Hearings; Call to Action Against For-Profit Takeover(s)
* Invited
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Light supper buffet $8.00
RSVP, please… marcel@ncccusa.org, or, call (212) 870-3560 Fax: (212) 870-3341
Resources for the Civic Conversation - National Council of Churches - 475 Riverside Drive, NYC 10115