Sentences with phrase «federal health care dollars»

The speaker was pressed at the town hall on the GOP's push to block Planned Parenthood from receiving federal health care dollars for services provided to women because the organization provides abortions — even though abortions are not covered by taxpayer dollars.

(CNN) House Speaker Paul Ryan was pressed Thursday at a CNN town hall on the Republican push to block Planned Parenthood from receiving federal health care dollars for services provided to women because the organization provides abortions.

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No matter how the federal health care debate turns out, developing more reliable health care guides for consumers has the potential improve care quality, saving lives and eliminating billions of dollars in needless costs.

Of course the health care bill will end up funding abortions with federal tax dollars.

Comptroller Tom DiNapoli said Cuomo is right to draw attention to over a billion dollars in potential health care cuts to the state, now that Congress and President Donald Trump have postponed acting on a new federal budget.

The state loses about a billion dollars in federal funding now that Congress has failed to renew the Child Health Plus plan, which offers health care to about 330,000 low - income children in NewHealth Plus plan, which offers health care to about 330,000 low - income children in Newhealth care to about 330,000 low - income children in New York.

After working in New York politics in a variety of City Council and state legislative campaigns and on the staff of US Senator Kirsten Gillibrand, Rivera came on strong four years ago, defeating Democratic Senator Pedro Espada, long a target of criminal investigation and now serving a federal prison term for theft of hundreds of thousands of dollars from a health care non-profit he controlled.

New York will lose a billion dollars, but the governor's Medicaid director said the program will continue to provide health care for about 330,000 children even though the federal component has now ended.

Former Senator and briefly Senate Majority Leader, Pedro Espada was convicted by a Federal jury of embezzling hundreds of thousands of dollars from the health care clinic network he had created and ran in the Bronx, despite having an annual salary of $ 235,000 with generous perks on top of his legislative pay.

He returned to state government the following year after he was rehired by the Health Department to oversee the disbursal of more than $ 6 billion in federal aid from a recently approved Medicaid waiver, millions of dollars of which went to the health care organizations that were rumored to be clients of the politically well - connected firm he'd recently workeHealth Department to oversee the disbursal of more than $ 6 billion in federal aid from a recently approved Medicaid waiver, millions of dollars of which went to the health care organizations that were rumored to be clients of the politically well - connected firm he'd recently workehealth care organizations that were rumored to be clients of the politically well - connected firm he'd recently worked for.

«This bill's attacks on Planned Parenthood would create an undue burden on women's fundamental constitutional right to reproductive health care, while placing unconstitutional conditions on federal dollars that fund vital services like breast cancer screenings, STD tests, and more.»

He says nearly $ 3 billion dollars in savings expected from the federal Affordable Health Care Act, also known as Obamacare, could help pay for the partial takeover.

«I and other members of the Senate Democratic conference stood firm against mid-year cuts to schools and also rejected health care cuts that would have cost New York hundreds of millions of dollars in lost federal funds,» Onorato said.

«The charitable deduction could work on the local level but again, it's not dollar for dollar and it's not a perfect situation, but a local government could set up a charity for education, could set up a charity for health care, you make a contribution to the charity you get a federal tax deduction and you get a state credit for the amount you contributed.»

The co-op, Health Republic Insurance of New York, was one of the member - owned and - operated not - for - profit insurance companies created with federal tax dollars through the federal Affordable Care Act, known as Obamacare.

New York will lose a billion dollars, but the governor's Medicaid director Jason Helgerson says the program will continue to provide health care for around 330,000 children even though the federal component has now ended.

And as Lowenstein of IBO stated, the mayor is forgiving $ 337 million owed by NYC Health + Hospitals, but has also chosen to maintain the city's $ 204 million annual match of a «federal funding stream, even though the federal dollars are expected to decline because of changes in the health care payment system.&Health + Hospitals, but has also chosen to maintain the city's $ 204 million annual match of a «federal funding stream, even though the federal dollars are expected to decline because of changes in the health care payment system.&health care payment system.»

In 2010, Rivera, running as a progressive and a reformer, defeated incumbent Democrat Pedro Espada, Jr., who is now serving a federal prison sentence for the theft of hundreds of thousands of dollars from a health care non-profit he controlled.

While the city has stepped up its funding for schools, state and federal dollars have not kept up with rising costs, including health care, transportation, cost of living adjustments and teacher salaries.

Contractors, Health Care Providers and Private Businesses defraud the Federal Government, and by extension taxpayers, of billions of dollars each year.

Since 2005, this money — federal dollars passed back through the state to fund services — has paid for health care for an average of 244,000 needy women a year; with the small pot that remains, just $ 19 million this year, the Department of State Health Services estimates that just 60,000 low - income women will be able to access basic health services inhealth care for an average of 244,000 needy women a year; with the small pot that remains, just $ 19 million this year, the Department of State Health Services estimates that just 60,000 low - income women will be able to access basic health services inHealth Services estimates that just 60,000 low - income women will be able to access basic health services inhealth services in 2012.

He would achieve his goal by forfeiting hundreds of millions of federal dollars in Medicaid tagged for women's health care.

The rule tossed out by Trump required state and local governments to distribute federal dollars for family planning services, including contraception, sexually transmitted diseases, fertility, pregnancy care and breast and cervical cancer screening, to qualified health providers, irrespective of whether the providers also performed abortions.

Spacing pregnancies reduces the risk of having a low birth weight or premature birth.10 Preventing unintended pregnancies can help women manage health conditions such as diabetes, hypertension and heart disease as well as avoid increased risk for depression.11 — 13 Contraceptive use also enables women to achieve their own educational and career goals and support themselves and their families financially.14 On top of all of this, every dollar spent on publicly funded family planning services saves $ 7 in federal and state spending on medical care related to unintended pregnancies.15

FQHCs are an essential part of the nation's overall health care safety net, serving 25 million people annually, seven in 10 of whom live at or below the federal poverty level.2 Their role has been expanded by the Affordable Care Act (ACA), which invested billions of new dollars into FQHC infrastructure, driving considerable nationwide growth in the number of sites and their capacity.3 In conjunction with their overall growth, FQHC sites have become increasingly integral to the national publicly funded family planning effcare safety net, serving 25 million people annually, seven in 10 of whom live at or below the federal poverty level.2 Their role has been expanded by the Affordable Care Act (ACA), which invested billions of new dollars into FQHC infrastructure, driving considerable nationwide growth in the number of sites and their capacity.3 In conjunction with their overall growth, FQHC sites have become increasingly integral to the national publicly funded family planning effCare Act (ACA), which invested billions of new dollars into FQHC infrastructure, driving considerable nationwide growth in the number of sites and their capacity.3 In conjunction with their overall growth, FQHC sites have become increasingly integral to the national publicly funded family planning effort.