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| FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE |
| State Rep. Mike Sturla Chairman, Democratic Policy Committee |
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MEDIA ADVISORY
Democratic Policy Committee to hold public hearing on adultBasic and federal health care reform Wednesday in Philadelphia
HARRISBURG, Feb. 18 – House Democratic Policy Committee Chairman Mike Sturla, D-Lancaster, announced today that the committee will hold a public hearing on upcoming health care changes in Pennsylvania from 10 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 23 at the Pennsylvania Convention Center, Room 109AB, 1101 Arch St., Philadelphia.
The hearing will focus on the impending termination of adultBasic and recent state legislative efforts to prevent federal health care reform from occurring in Pennsylvania. House Health Committee Democratic Chairman John Myers, D-Phila., and House Insurance Committee Democratic Chairman Tony DeLuca, D-Allegheny, will be in attendance.
The current agenda for the hearing is:
- 10 a.m. – Welcome and opening remarks
- 10:10 a.m. – Antoinette Kraus, project director, Pennsylvania Health Access Network
- 10:30 a.m. – John Elliott Churchville, interim president, The Greater Germantown Business
Association, Inc.
- 10:50 a.m. – Dr. Valerie Arkoosh, president, National Physicians’ Alliance
- 11:10 a.m. – Ann Bacharach, special projects director, Pennsylvania Health Law Project
- 11:30 a.m. – Jonathan Stein, general counsel, Community Legal Services
- 11:50 a.m. – Sharon Ward, executive director, Pennsylvania Budget and Policy Center
- 12:10 p.m. – Closing remarks
The hearing is open to the public and media coverage is invited.
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