Press Releases 2019
12/19/29 - Doctors Are Against Unjustified High Cost of Prescriptions
12/16/19 - It’s Time! Put Patients Over Paperwork
12/13/19 - Tell Congress to Go Back to Drawing Board on Surprise Bill Legislation
12/10/19 - MSSNY Ready to Work with Governor and Legislature on Medicaid Budget Gap
11/20/19 - MSSNY Calls on Governor Cuomo to Sign Partial Fill for Controlled Substances Bill
11/18/19 - Medical Society of the State of New York Announces Additions to Albany Government Affairs Staff
11/4/19 - MSSNY President Delivers Testimony to NY State Senate on Potential Harms ofElectronic Cigarettes and Vaping
10/17/19 - Connecticut, New Jersey and New York Medical Societies Commend Governors’ Efforts to Address “Cross-Border” Issues Relating to Cannabis
10/8/19 - MSSNY Statement in Response to President’s Executive Order on Medicare
10/1/19 - Northeastern Medical Societies Urge Congress to Enact Fair Surprise Billing Reform Legislation
MSSNY Supports Call to Ban Menthol-Flavored E-CigarettesMSSNY Applauds Governor Cuomo for Pursuing Emergency Regulations to Ban the Sale of Flavored E-Cigarettes
Medical Society Supports Creation of Maternal Mortality Review Board
Statement of MSSNY President Dr. Art Fougner Urging US House Committee to Fix Unfair Surprise Bill Proposal
Doctors May Soon Be Able to Prescribe Part of a Prescription and “Refilled” if Patients Need More Relief
Medical Society Supports SAM, NYSACHO and NYS PTA in Opposition to Legalized Recreational Marijuana
Medical Society Supports March of Dimes Vaccination Efforts
State Medical Societies Demand Legislators “Say No” to Recreational Marijuana Legalization
MEDIA ADVISORY - Demand Action to Remove Non-Medical Exemptions for School Attendance
MSSNY Statement re: Surprise Bill Proposal
MSSNY Statement re: Rear Seatbelt Legislation
Vaccines are the Very Cornerstone of Public Health
MSSNY Statement re: Medical Aid in Dying
MSSNY Calls on NYS Legislators to Authorize ONLY Medical Exemptions from Vaccination
Medical, Public Health, and Patient Advocacy Groups to Hold Press Conference Calling for Medical Exemptions for Vaccines
Arthur C. Fougner, MD Elected President of the Medical Society of the State of New York
Bonnie Litvack, MD Elected President-Elect of the Medical Society of the State of New York
Joseph R. Sellers, MD, FAAP, FACP, Elected Vice President of the Medical Society of the State of New York
Frank Dowling, MD Re-elected Secretary of the Medical Society of the State of New York
William Latreille, MD, Re-Elected Vice Speaker of NY State Medical Society
Parag Mehta, MD Elected Assistant Treasurer
Maria A. Basile, MD Elected Vice Speaker of the Medical Society of the State of New York
Dr. Sana Bloch Elected Assistant Secretary of the Medical Society of the State of New York
MSSNY Applauds Important Measures in the NYS Budget that Will Improve Patient Access to Care
MSSNY Calls Passage of Bill Raising Legal Age to Purchase Smoking, Vaping Products to 21 a Significant Victory for Public Health
Take Recreational Marijuana Use Out of the Budget
New York is the Worst State in the Country to be a Physician According to Wallet Hub’s 2019 Report
MSSNY Statement on NYS Legislation to Establish Maternal Mortality Review Board
MSSNY Applauds NYS Leadership for Supporting Patient Access to Care
Four State Medical Society Presidents: No, No, No, No to Recreational Marijuana
MSSNY Applauds Laura Curran Re: Opposition to Marijuana Legalization
MSSNY Statement on Legalization of Cannabis Public Hearing
MSSNY Statement on Revised New York Health Act Legislation
MSSNY Statement on Tobacco
Purchase Age