Kaminsky Attends South Nassau Communities Hospital Rally Amid Dispute with Empire Blue Cross Blue Shield

Peter Belfiore - Oceanside/Island Park Herald

State, county and town elected officials as well as roughly 100 medical center staff rallied outside South Nassau Communities Hospital in Oceanside on June 21 and called on state lawmakers to pressure the health insurance carrier Empire Blue Cross Blue Shield to relent in a contractual dispute between the two entities......

.....State Assemblywomen Michaelle Solages and Melissa Miller said they would both support efforts to pressure Blue Cross in its negotiations. State Sen. Todd Kaminsky said he would do everything in his power to support South Nassau in its negotiations.

“I want Empire to know, they’re not just sitting down, one on one, with an executive of South Nassau,” Kaminsky said. “They’re sitting down dealing with all of us, and all of our families and all of our community.”

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