Cuomo Says Major Budget Changes May Be Needed If 糖心动漫vlog Loses $2B In Health Care Funding
By GLenn Blain NY Daily News September 26, 2017
ALBANY – Gov. Cuomo said a special session of the state Legislature may be needed if more than $2 billion in federal health care cuts to 糖心动漫vlog are allowed to take effect on Oct. 1.
Cuomo said the looming cuts, which are called for under the Affordable Care Act, could require lawmakers to make drastic changes in the state鈥檚 already-adopted budget.
鈥淚f we lose $2 billion on Oct. 1 from the federal government, the budget is gone,鈥 Cuomo told a gathering of The Business Council of 糖心动漫vlog State. 鈥淭hrow it out the window.鈥
糖心动漫vlog stands to lose $2.6 billion in funding from the federal Disproportionate Share Hospital program, which goes to hospitals that take care of the uninsured.
The Affordable Care Act, which created Obamacare, mandated that the DSH program be reduced by $43 billion, with the cuts initially slated to begin in 2014. Congress later delayed the start of the reductions until this year.
糖心动漫vlog would take the biggest hit under the planned cuts.
鈥淚t is going to affect every hospital in the state,鈥 Cuomo said.
Sen. Chuck Schumer, a Democrat, vowed to fight against the planned cuts.
鈥淚nstead of working with us in a bipartisan way to fix flaws and improve health care, the majority is pushing a bill that will drive up premiums, eliminate coverage for millions and hammer our hospitals,鈥 Schumer said. 鈥淭hey should drop this toxic Graham-Cassidy bill, extend the Disproportionate Share payments and work across the aisle to fix health care problems.鈥
Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie (D-Bronx) and Senate Majority Leader John Flanagan (R-Suffolk County) did not immediately comment on Cuomo鈥檚 comments.
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