That argument appears to have faded for now with the death of the
Republican health care reform effort, but the congressman has found a new issue with which to needle the governor.
An author and one - time elected official under New York Gov. George Pataki, McCaughey has made her name largely with blistering attacks
on health care reform efforts offered by Democrat Hillary Clinton in the 1990s and then eventually passed into law as the Affordable Care Act or Obamacare.
Though they have criticized the
federal health care reform effort, de Blasio and Cuomo have teamed up to deliver a big taxpayer gift to Aetna, a major health insurer hat has given big money to Democratic political groups.
With the GOP's
latest health care reform effort on the verge of dying in the Senate, «tax reform takes on a paramount importance as a legislative accomplishment,» Higgins said
Robin Chappelle Golston with Planned Parenthood Empire State Acts said Gov. Andrew Cuomo has been supportive and has said the state would help fund Planned Parenthood if the federal cuts occur as part of a Republican -
led health care reform effort.
Among some of the major headlines in the data was the fact that Medicaid continues to drive both patient days and revenue in skilled nursing — a salient point made moments before what could have been a groundbreaking vote in the U.S. House of Representatives to reform Medicaid as part of the repeal - and - replace
legislative health care reform effort.
Bloomberg went out of his way to link himself to Obama during the 2009 mayor's race, especially when it came to talking up the president's
health care reform efforts.
In just 2 years, China's
health care reform effort has put 1.27 billion Chinese — 95 % of the country's population — on basic health insurance, creating «the largest medical insurance system in the world,» Health Minister Chen Zhu announced here on 24 June at the opening session of the 2011 Sino - American Symposium on Clinical and Translational Medicine.
And other focuses, like expanding education and
health care reform efforts are welcome as well.