Doctors Council Statement of Support of New York Single-Payer Bill

For Immediate Release
May 5, 2014

“Doctors Council SEIU applauds Assemblyman Richard Gottfried and Senator Bill Perkins, along with Physicians  for  a  National  Health  Program (PNHP)  and  our  coalition  partners,  for supporting  the  New York State single-payer legislation.  Doctors Council SEIU has long supported single-payer. The time to act is now. For every moment that passes, more of our patients suffer. As New York City led the way with providing universal healthcare through its Health and Hospitals Corporation(HHC) and New York State led the way through its health care exchange, this single-payer legislation will lead the way in further transforming all of New York State into a  true  universal  health  care  state  and  lead  the  nation  in  doing  right  by improving access to healthcare for the communities we serve, as well as saving costs in the health system. We call on the New York State Legislature to pass this overdue legislation.”

 

About Doctors Council SEIU

Doctors Council SEIU, a professional organization for doctors, is the nation’s oldest and largest union of attending physicians and dentists in the United States, with members in New York City, and in states across the country. Formed in 1973, Doctors Council SEIU is a union for doctors and a voice for patients, and represents attending physicians and dentists at Health and Hospitals Corporation (HHC) facilities and hospitals, including doctors employed by the affiliates New York University School of Medicine, the Mount Sinai School of Medicine and the Physician Affiliate Group of New York (PAGNY). HHC is the largest public hospital system in the nation. Doctors Council SEIU also represents doctors in the New York City Mayoral agencies including the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH) as well as doctors working at Rikers Island, the largest correctional facility in the nation. Affiliated with SEIU, Doctors Council SEIU is a national union representing doctors employed in the public and private sectors.