Medicaid Redesign Hearing Scheduled Wednesday for New Paltz Canceled Due to Major Winter Storm

ALBANY, NY (February 1, 2011) – A public hearing on reforming New York's Medicaid program, originally scheduled for Wednesday, February 2, has been canceled due to a major winter storm and advisory against unnecessary travel.

Members of the public and stakeholders in the lower Hudson region are encouraged to attend the Medicaid redesign public hearing scheduled for New York City on Friday.

The public hearing for New York City is:

NYC (Manhattan)
Friday, February 4
1 p.m. – 5 p.m
Baruch College
14th Floor – Room 14-220
William & Anita Newman Vertical Campus
One Bernard Baruch Way
55 Lexington Avenue & E. 24th Street (entrance on 24th Street)
New York, NY 10010

Suggestions for reforming New York's Medicaid program may also be submitted on the Medicaid Redesign web site at: http://www.health.ny.gov/medicaidredesign