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Elisabeth R. Benjamin
Vice President of Health Initiatives 212.614.5461
ebenjamin@cssny.org
Elisabeth Benjamin heads up CSS’s Universal Health Coverage campaign.
PRIOR EMPLOYMENT:
New York Civil Liberties Union
Legal Aid Health Law Unit, Founder and Director
Bronx Legal Services, Health Law and Public Benefits Specialist
PROFESSIONAL HONORS:
Panel Member, New York State Medicaid Managed Care Advisory Review Panel
Committee Member, New York State Department of Health Indigent Care Technical Advisory Committee
Panel Member, New York State Office of Medicaid Inspector General’s 2007 Hospital Compliance Advisory
Committee
Clerk, U.S. District Judge Robert Sweet, Southern District of New York
PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS/COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT:
Board Member, National Health Law Program
Board Member, Calen Lorde Community Health Center
Advisory Board Member, Managed Care Consumer Assistance Program
EDUCATION:
Montefiore Medical Center/Albert Einstein College of Medicine/NYU, Visiting Scholar in Certificate Program in Bioethics and the Medical Humanities
Columbia University Law School, J.D.
Harvard School of Public Health, M.S.P.H.
Brown University, B.A.
PLACE OF BIRTH: Springfield, Oregon
Bridging The Gap: Exploring The Basic Health Insurance Option for New York