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Betsy McCaughey

Needed: a Senator Who Will Look Out for New York and New Yorkers

Published in Hospital Law Weekly, March 4th, 2010

Betsy McCaughey, prominent patient advocate and former Lt. Governor of NY says, "Shame on Senator Kirsten Gillibrand for victimizing New York hospitals and New York's healthcare workers. Her call for a public option could force New York hospitals into bankruptcy."

In a February 16th announcement and letter to Senator Harry Reid, Kirsten Gillibrand called on the Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid to support a public option. Such a scheme will devastate New York's hospitals, forcing cuts in hospital budgets, spreading nurses even thinner, and causing layoffs.

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