Metro New York Health Care for All is a city-wide, multi-constituency health care justice coalition. We were founded during the health care reform debate of the early 1990s, and have continued to bring together community groups, labor unions, professional associations, and faith communities to advocate for universal health care, and we engage in other health care justice efforts strategic to that goal.
Check out the other tabs under “About Us” to see our current programs and projects.
STAFF
Mark Hannay has been Director of Metro New York Health Care for All since 1995. He currently serves on the leadership bodies of various statewide coalitions and campaigns including Health Care for All New York, Campaign for New York Health, Coverage for All, and Community Voices for Health System Accountability. Previously he served on the leadership bodies of Medicaid Matters New York, New Yorkers for Accessible Health Coverage, and the national Universal Health Care Action Network.
Mark began his health activist career in 1991 as a member of the Insurance and Health Care Access Committee of ACT UP/New York. During the Clinton health care reform period of 1993-4, Mark worked as a Public Policy Associate at Gay Men’s Health Crisis, where he focused on health care and insurance issues for people living with HIV.
From 2002 to 2018, Mark has co-hosted the weekly “Health Action” program broadcast over WBAI/Pacifica radio, and hosted the monthly “Health Care on the Air” monthly public access cable TV program from 1995 to 2020.
Mark served on the Community Funding Board and the Board of Directors of the North Star Fund from 2000-2005, and served on the Community Advisory Committee of the New York State Health Foundation from 2007-12.
From 2015-2019, Mark served on the Steering Committee of the New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene’s Population Health Improvement Program.
Mark is a graduate of the University of Rochester with a degree in psychology, and studied psychology at the graduate level at New York University.
Mark was a recipient of the 2012 Tisch Community Health Prize given by the Roosevelt House Public Policy Institute at Hunter College, was the inaugural recipient of the Health Advocate of the Year Award given by the Public Health Association of New York City in 2005, also received its Health Media Professional Award in 2010, In 2016, he received a Health Advocate of the Year award from Families USA in 2016.
To learn more …
Check out the other tabs under “About Us” to contact us, learn about our Steering Committee, or see our current projects.