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RADIO PROGRAMMING:
TUNE IN to “Health Action”
With Co-Host Mark Hannay
MONDAYS from 1-2 p.m. at 99.5FM (in NYC)
or live streaming at WBAI website
Past programs are also archived at WBAI Archives
and are available for live streaming and downloads
up to 90 days after broadcast.
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July 19, 2010
Segment: “The New Health Care Reform Law and Racial and Ethnic Disparities”
The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2010 has a variety of measures that aim to address racial and ethnic disparities in health care. What are they, and what do the intend to do? And how do they relate to the situation here in New York?
Guests:
Nisha Agarwal, Director of Health Justice Programs, New York Lawyers in the Public Interest
www.nylpi.org
Rea Panares, Director of Minority Health Programs, Families USA
www.familiesusa.org
Segment: “New Moves to Limit Special Interest Money in Politics and Elections”
The “vested special interests” spent millions upon millions of dollars in campaign donations and lobbying during the recent health care fight in Congress, far exceeeding what public interest advocates spent.. As a consequence, the new law doesn’t threaten the overall hegemony of insurance companies and others, and benefits them in many ways. In addition, the Supreme Court ruling eariler this year in the “Citizens United” case may well open the floodgates to special interest spending in elections. How are public interest advocates here in New York and nationally responding to the stranglehold big money donors and lobbyists seem to have on our political system?
Guests:
Leslie Greenwood, Coordinator of Staten Island Council, MoveOn
www.moveon.org
Nick Nyhart, President, Public Campaign
www.publiccampaign.org
Te Revesz, NYC Chapter Co-Chair, Citizen Action of New York
www.citizenactionny.org
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July 12, 2010
Segment: “Women and the New Health Care Reform Law”
In the wake of enactment of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2010, conservative political forces are mobilizing at the state level to further restrict women’s abortion rights. Are they succeeding? And what else in the new law benefits women?
Guest:
Lois Uttley, Co-Founder, Raising Women’s Voices for the Health Care We Need
www.raisingwomensvoices.net
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July 5, 2010
Segment: “Health Care Report Card: The U.S. Compared to Other Advanced Nations”
The U.S. health care system compares poorly to other advanced nations despite the fact that we spend far more per person. What’s going on and why?
Guest:
Karen Davis, President, Commonwealth Fund
www.cmwf.org
Segment: “LGBT Health Care: What’s New for 2010?”
LGBT populations are gaining more acceptance in American society, yet they experience disparities just as many other social minorities do. What is the latest research showing?
Guest:
Patrick High, Chair, LGBT Caucus of Public Health Workers, American Public Health Association
www.aphalgbt.org
Paul Gilbert, Scientific Sessions Chair, LGBT Caucus of Public Health Workers, American Public Health Association
www.aphalgbt.org
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June 21, 2010
Segment: “Reviewing the Grassroots Political Campaign for National Health Care Reform: What Happened in the End, and Why?”
Health care advocates have been fighting for universal health care for almost a century, as have several Presidents and Congresses. What happened in 2009-10 to finally make progress happen, and why?
Guest:
Richard Kirsch, former Campaign Director, Health Care for America Now
www.healthcareforamericanow.org
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June 14, 2010
Segment: “Health Care Legislative Update from Albany and Washington: COBRA Subsidies, Medicaid Funding, and Private Insurance Premium Rate Regulation in the Era of the ‘Great Recession’.”
Now that major health care reform legislation has been enacted, what are lawmakers in our state and nation’s capitals struggling with as the lurch toward the summer recess periods? States need money for health care, unemployed workers need affordable health coverage, and consumers need a break from ever-increasing insurance premium increases.
Guests:
Carrie Tracy, Policy Associate, Community Service Society of NY
www.cssny.org; www.hcfany.org
Lara Kassel, Coordinator, Medicaid Matters New York
www.medicaidmatters.org
Mark Scherzer, Legislative Counsel, New Yorkers for Accessible Health Coverage
www.cidny.org
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May 10, 2010
Segment: “Update on the State Budget Fight and Health Care”
Governor Paterson and the State Legislature are still bickering over the pending state budget as the budget deficit grows. What’s at stake for New Yorkers and our health care programs and systems?
Guests:
Ron Deutsch, Executive Director, New Yorkers for Fiscal Fairness
www.abetterchoiceforny.org
Lara Kassel, Coordinator, Medicaid Matters New York
www.medicaidmatters.org
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April 26, 2010
Segment: “The Closing of St. Vincent’s Medical Center: Part II”
As St. Vincent’s hospital moves toward closure, what’s happening to the patients? Several have filed a lawsuit to stop closure. What has been the role of state government in mitigating this situation?
Guests:
Charles Carpati, MD, Director of Medical Intensive Care, St. Vincent’s Medical Center
Yetta Kurland, Esq., Kurland, Bonica, and Associates PC
Jay Kallio, patient, St. Vincent’s Medical Center
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April 19, 2010
Segment: “The Closing of St. Vincent’s Medical Center: Part I”
After 160 years of service, one of New York’s major hospitals is poised to close, due to bankruptcy. What happened and why, and what does it mean for the community served by the hospital?
Guests:
L. Toni Lewis, MD, President, Committee of Interns and Residents, SEIU
www.cirseiu.org
Eileen Dunn, RN, President of collective bargaining unit at St. Vincent’s Hospital for the New York State Nurses Association
www.nysna.org
Miguel Acevedo, President, Robert Fultion Houses Tenants’ Association
www.westsidenyc.org
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April 12, 2010
Segment: “The New York State Budget Fight and Health Care”
The state budget was supposed to be adopted by April 1st, but the Legislature and Governor are facing a very difficult fiscal situation and have yet to come to agreement. How’s health care poised to fare in the coming negotations?
Guests:
James Parrott, Deputy Director and Chief Economist, Fiscal Policy Institute
www.fiscalpolicy.org
Jessica Wisneski, Legislative Director, Citizen Action of New York
www.citizenactionny.org
Claudia Chika, Lead Organizer, Alliance for a Healthy New York
www.healthiernynow.org
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