FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
State Rep. Mike Sturla D-Lancaster Chairman, Democratic Policy Committee www.pahouse.com/sturla

MEDIA ADVISORY

Democratic Policy Committee to hold public hearing on adultBasic

and health care issues Thursday in Harrisburg

HARRISBURG, March 2 – House Democratic Policy Committee Chairman Mike Sturla, D-Lancaster, announced today that the committee will hold the second in a series of a public hearings on health care  issues affecting Pennsylvania from 10 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Thursday, March 3 in the Democratic Caucus Room, 418 Main Capitol Building.

The hearing will focus on this week's termination of adultBasic and recent state legislative efforts to prevent federal health care reform from occurring in Pennsylvania.

The current agenda for the hearing is:

• 10 a.m. – Welcome and opening remarks
• 10:10 a.m. – Sharon Ward, executive director, Pennsylvania Budget and Policy Center
• 10:30 a.m. – Antoinette Kraus, project director, Pennsylvania Health Access Network
• 10:50 a.m. – Kati Sipp, executive vice president and political director, SEIU Healthcare PA
• 11:10 a.m. – Rev. Amy Reumann, director, Lutheran Advocacy Ministry in Pennsylvania
• 11:30 a.m. – Peter Zurflieh, staff attorney, Community Justice Project
• 11:50 a.m. – Dr. Debbie Heisley-Cato, Harrisburg district superintendent of the Susquehanna Conference, United Methodist Advocacy in PA
• 12:10 p.m. – Closing remarks

For more information about the Policy Committee, go to www.pahouse.com/PolicyCommittee.

The hearing is open to the public and media coverage is invited.