BROOKLYN, New York – U.S. Rep. Edolphus “Ed” Towns (NY-10) will host a health care town hall meeting to focus on strategies for reforming the national health care system: coverage, delivery and cost.  With major health care reform efforts underway, Towns has organized a panel of experts to discuss and identify ways to make health care more affordable and more accessible for all New Yorkers, especially for the 1.3 million statewide who are uninsured.  In Brooklyn alone, 413,619 persons are currently uninsured and with unemployment on the rise, that number is expected to grow. 

WHO:              Rep. Edolphus “Ed” Towns (NY-10)
                       Assembly Member Darryl Towns (54-AD), Chair, Assembly Health Tri-Caucus
                       Committee

                       Anne Marie Costello, NYS Office of Health Insurance Programs
                       NYC Director of Coverage and Enrollment 

                       Dr. Aviles, New York City Health and Hospital Corporation

WHEN:            Saturday, May 9, 2009
                       10:00 a.m.

WHERE:          St. Francis College
                       180 Remsen Street
                       Brooklyn, New York 11201

For logistical questions, please contact Yolande Nicholson at 202.631.2670.

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