In Germany this year there was a $ 3 billion budget surplus in
the government health care program.
If there was a $ 3 billion budget surplus in
the government health care program in this country, as there is in Germany, it would disappear into pockets, quickly.
The congressmen have said that their amendment reduces New York's highest - in - the - nation property taxes, which are collected by counties in part to fund
the government health care program.
Take the county's costs for Medicaid,
the government health care program for the poor and disabled.
Nearly 259,000 Erie County residents received Medicaid benefits last year, and if current trends continue, more than a third of county residents would be on
the government health care program within six years.
The Medicaid costs for Erie County residents enrolled in
the government health care program are expected to soon crack $ 2 billion even though the number of local Medicaid recipients has leveled off after years of growth.