Allegations of regulatory failures at DEC
September 27, 2012
Coming up on the Capitol Pressroom –
Allegations of regulatory failures at DEC… Healthcare literacy… Healthcare ombudspersons (ombudspeople?)
Activist Walter Hang of Toxics Targeting has issued a report documenting failures by the DEC’s Division of Mineral Resources to effectively enforce gas drilling regulations over the last 20 years. Hang will have the details.
On another fracking front, the lawsuit filed against New York State by the Environmental Working Group seeking to uncover data being allegedly withheld by the state is being called “uncommon”. James Pardo is fracking attorney and trial partner in the New York office of international law firm McDermott Will & Emery.
Healthcare literacy could keep you healthy; conversely, healthcare illiteracy could leave you in the dark. We meet Karen Laing of Your Health Advocate about how critical it is that you take time to understand how the Affordable Care Act may affect your family.
Governor Cuomo’s Medicaid Redesign Team made over 100 recommendations. Today
Sen. Kemp Hannon chairman of the Senate Health Committee discusses a few significant ideas including the development of accountable care organizations or ACOs: They are supposed to act as ombudsmen for you as we transition into a new system of healthcare.
Susan J. Arbetter
Host/Producer; News & Public Affairs Director
GDACC 
