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WILKES-BARRE — State Rep. Eddie Day Pashinski, D-Wilkes-Barre, will host a House Democratic Policy Committee public hearing on affordable health care on Thursday at 10 a.m. at Wilkes University’s Henry Student Center, Miller Room, Second Floor, 84 W. South St.
The media and public are invited.
Pashinski requested the meeting to discuss what is being done and still can be done to make health care affordable in Pennsylvania. He will be joined by state legislators from across the state, including Policy Committee Chairman Mike Sturla, D-Lancaster.
The current agenda:
10 a.m. — Welcome and opening remarks
10:10 a.m. — Official from the Pennsylvania Department of Health
10:40 a.m. — Dr. Anthony Aquilina, regional president, Geisinger Northeast Region
11:10 a.m. — Patrick Keenan, policy director, Pennsylvania Health Access Network
The meeting is one in a series across the state on the House Democrats’ Plan4PA. Additional information about the plan is available at www.plan4pa.com.
For more information about the Policy Committee, go to www.pahouse.com/policycommittee.