MSSNY Applauds Legislation to Replenish Small Business and Health Care Provider Relief Funds


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MEDICAL SOCIETY OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK
865 Merrick Avenue, Westbury, New York 11590-9007
www.mssny.org
Communications Division
Telephone: (516) 488-6100

 

For Immediate Release
April 22, 2020

MSSNY Applauds Legislation to Replenish Small Business and Health Care Provider Relief Funds

Statement attributable to:
Art Fougner, MD
President, Medical Society of the State of New York

“MSSNY thanks Senators Schumer and Gillibrand, and the New York Congressional delegation for their efforts to advance legislation to replenish the small business and health care provider relief pools initially passed in the CARES Act. This additional funding stream is critically important to maintaining the availability of physicians to their patients as we continue to manage and begin to recover from this horrific outbreak.

This funding stream is also a critically important lifeline to physicians in their efforts to maintain jobs for the hundreds of thousands of New Yorkers they employ. A MSSNY survey released last week finds that 80% of the physician respondents noted that there had been at least a 50% reduction in patient visits since the beginning of the outbreak, and more than a quarter have had to lay off or furlough at least 50% of their staff.

MSSNY looks forward to the U.S. House passage of these relief funds later this week as well as development of the next stimulus package, which we hope will more fully address the enormous financial consequences to New York’s health care and economic infrastructure, as well as providing a mechanism to ensure both office based and hospital based medical staff have the protective equipment they need.”

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About the Medical Society of the State of New York
Founded in 1807, the Medical Society of the State of New York is the state’s principal non-profit professional organization for physicians, residents and medical students of all specialties. Its mission is to represent the interests of patients and physicians to assure quality healthcare services for all.

MSSNY Contact:
Roseann Raia
Medical Society of the State of New York
516-488-6100 ext 302
rraia@mssny.org

 

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