[Nyclocal] GHI/HIP Merger on the Radio (99.5 FM)

[William Wharton]

--- noprivatization <noprivatization at yahoo.com> wrote:

> To: coalitionagainstprivatization at yahoogroups.com
> From: "noprivatization" <noprivatization at yahoo.com>
> Date: Tue, 03 Jun 2008 07:35:48 -0000
> Subject: [coalitionagainstprivatization] GHI/HIP
> Merger on the Radio (99.5 FM)
> 
> Friends,
> 
> Please do visit the archive of WBAI and download
> this week's edition
> of "Building Bridges" http://archive.wbai.org/  
> 
> The show is great every week but this week we are
> one of the featured
> reports!  Look for a fantastic report on the GHI/HIP
> demo in the 20th
> minute of the show.  Enjoy!
> 
> Peace,
> Billy
> 
> Building Bridges: HIP-GHI Privatization
> 
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>                             Monday, June 2, 2008, 7
> - 8 p.m. EST, over
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> or via the archive http://archive.wbai.org/
> 
> *******************************************
> Health Care, Who Cares? With The Coalition against
> Privatization of
> GHI and HIP 
> 
> Protesters massed outside the Manhattan offices of
> GHI after a
> proposal to convert GHI and HIP to a for-profit
> status. This change
> would adversely affect 4 million GHI & HIP
> subscribers statewide,
> including 500,000 city public employees. It will
> mean higher premiums,
> denial of care and higher deductibles when
> non-profit safeguards are
> removed. Now protesters are urging unions and public
> officials to join
> their campaign against the conversion application
> currently under
> review by the State Superintendent of Insurance Eric
> Dinallo. 
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