Over 350 community, migrant and homeless health center advocates traveled through blizzard like conditions and gathered in Albany on Monday, March 7th, to let their state legislators know just how important their work and their health centers are to New York's primary care safety net and to applaud the new Primary Care initiatives contained in the approved recommendations of the Medicaid Redesign Team. Speakers included New York State Health Commissioner Nirav R. Shah, M.D., M.P.H, James Introne, Deputy Secretary for Health and Director of Health Care. Senate Health Committee Chair Kemp Hannon and Assembly Health Committee Chair Richard Gottfried. Click here to read the press release about the event.
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