Health Care Powers Target Paterson and Budget Cuts

The Greater New York Hospital Association and health care union 1199 have unveiled a campaign protesting Governor Paterson's proposed cuts to health services and hospitals around the state. Politicker NY reports, "A mailer being sent to a million homes juxtaposes Paterson's name with a sad-looking woman hovering over a hospital bed." And the NY Times notes how in the TV ads, "nurses and patients take a personal swipe at the governor, imploring, 'Why are you doing this?' At one point, a nurse says, 'I can’t believe Governor Paterson is the one making this proposal.' Then a man, blind and in a wheelchair, asks the governor, who is legally blind, 'Why are you doing this to me?'" More details about the campaign at the Protect Health Care website and here's how Paterson proposes to cut health care spending.