Donovan addresses health care debate
Congressman Speaks at Joint Meeting of New York-Presbyterian Brooklyn Methodist Hospital Alumni Association and Bay Ridge Medical Society
New York-Presbyterian Brooklyn Methodist Hospital Alumni and members of the Bay Ridge Medical Society gathered for a joint meeting at Chadwick’s Restaurant in Bay Ridge on Monday to hear U.S. Rep. Dan Donovan’s views on the health care debate.
The event was hosted by Dr. Mehrdad Hedayatnia, president of the New York-Presbyterian Brooklyn Methodist Hospital Alumni Association and the Bay Ridge Medical Society. Hedayatnia said that the hot topic of medical coverage and hospitals merging posed the question, “Where do we see the practice of medicine in Brooklyn in a few years and, as a physician who is dealing with patients, what we can do about it?” Also attending the event were radiologist Shahrokh Abiri of Bay Ridge Medical Imaging and Republican City Council candidate John Quaglione.
Hedayatnia introduced Donovan, who immediately explained where the health care issue stood in Washington regarding the Affordable Care Act and the American Health Care Act. He addressed the proposal that the Republicans put forth last Thursday night.