Gov. Cuomo said the more than $ 2 billion
in federal health care cuts could require lawmakers to make drastic changes in the state's already - adopted budget.
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 New York are allowed to take effect on Oct. 1.
Gov. Andrew Cuomo said a special session of the state Legislature may be needed if more than $ 2 billion
in federal health care cuts to New York are allowed to take effect on Oct. 1.
Not exact matches
It's still likely to result
in a bill that scales back
federal support for insurance coverage and overhauls Medicaid while
cutting taxes for the
health care industry — but if any plan can pass the Senate, it's likely to look something like that.
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.
Stung by the expiration of
federal aid intended to help states balance budgets as they seek to recover from the recession that began
in 2008, the final budget is also expected to include another
cut in local aid to cities and towns and to call for reduced growth
in the rate of spending on education and
health care, although special education is one of the few areas
in which significant investments appear imminent.
Following a few years of relative fiscal stability thanks to the economic recovery and bank settlements following the financial collapse, New York is staring down a budget deficit of more than $ 4 billion, an amount that could be grow because of
cuts in federal health care spending and the tax overhaul.
While voters are nearly evenly divided between the two candidates on most issues, Hayworth is viewed as stronger on taxes and the
federal budget deficit
in a district that favors repealing
health care and retaining the Bush tax
cuts for the wealthy.
As New York State braces for proposed
federal budget
cuts that could have a devastating impact on
health care, education and infrastructure investments across the state, more than 80 New York residents with incomes
in the top 1 % have sent an open letter... (read more)
Despite lingering fears about
cuts to
health care in Washington, it's worth noting that
federal funding for the state's massive Medicaid program is still on track to go up, not down,
in the year ahead.
«As always, you have to make decisions about how much you can afford to do
in school aid and how much money you have to put aside for the potential impact of
federal cuts in Medicaid and
in health care,» Assembly Majority Leader Joe Morelle (D - Irondequoit) said last week.
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP)-- The attorneys general for New York and Minnesota are suing the Trump administration for abruptly
cutting off
federal funding for
health care coverage for more than 800,000 low - income residents
in the two states.
Another
health care heavyweight has released a statement
in response to Gov. Andrew Cuomo's call for $ 5.9 billion worth of Medicaid
cuts (when the
federal share is factored
in to the $ 2.85 billion worth of state funding).
Gov. Andrew Cuomo said Wednesday morning the
federal budget outlook — and the fate of
cuts to
health care programs
in New York — remained too vague to determine whether a special session of the Legislature was necessary.
The state's comptroller is siding with Governor Cuomo over concerns that
federal health care cuts will damage New York's budget, but he says the governor's budget experts should have saved more money
in rainy day funds.
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Health care insurance windfall profit fee ($ 140 million): Health insurers are in line for big cuts to their expenses thanks to the federal tax overhaul, and Cuomo wants to slap a 14 - percent surcharge on profits to help cover the state's rising health care
Health care insurance windfall profit fee ($ 140 million):
Health insurers are in line for big cuts to their expenses thanks to the federal tax overhaul, and Cuomo wants to slap a 14 - percent surcharge on profits to help cover the state's rising health care
Health insurers are
in line for big
cuts to their expenses thanks to the
federal tax overhaul, and Cuomo wants to slap a 14 - percent surcharge on profits to help cover the state's rising
health care
health care costs.
There's a $ 4.4 billion structural gap and he says at least $ 2 billion more
in funding
cuts in health care from the
federal government.
Cuomo has long warned that deep
cuts to
federal health care spending could rip huge holes
in the state's budget and devastate
health care coverage for New Yorkers.
National and local
health care officials said
cuts in federal spending to combat the Zika virus means fewer pregnant women will be tested and there will be less money available to develop a vaccine and research how the disease affects fetal brains.
If enacted, the state would deposit the tax revenue
in a proposed
health care shortfall fund that would offset losses to New York from
cuts in federal health care funding to the state.
There's a $ 4.4 billion structural gap, and he said at least $ 2 billion more
in funding
cuts in health care from the
federal government.
Using a current - law baseline measure, the state budget gap for fiscal 2018 - 19 alone was last projected by DOB at $ 4 billion, a figure the governor himself began citing recently (without further explanation)
in his recent warnings about the implications of
federal health care spending
cuts.
New York faces a $ 4 billion deficit and must also absorb $ 2 billion
in recent
federal health care cuts.
New York state's comptroller is siding with Governor Andrew Cuomo over concerns that
federal health care cuts will damage New York's budget, but he says the governor's budget experts should have saved more money
in rainy day funds.
«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.
In a debate on Time Warner Cable television, both said they'd vote to repeal the new federal health care law, call for the resignation of Veterans Affairs Secretary Eric Shinseki over revelations of mismanagement, support Fort Drum against defense department cuts, and join Democratic Sen. Charles Schumer in calling for more money to combat the heroin epidemi
In a debate on Time Warner Cable television, both said they'd vote to repeal the new
federal health care law, call for the resignation of Veterans Affairs Secretary Eric Shinseki over revelations of mismanagement, support Fort Drum against defense department
cuts, and join Democratic Sen. Charles Schumer
in calling for more money to combat the heroin epidemi
in calling for more money to combat the heroin epidemic.
Gov. Andrew Cuomo, under the guise of bracing for the impact of
federal cuts to
health care spending, proposes a 14 percent tax on New York
health insurers
in his 2018 - 19 budget.
The state already has a projected a $ 4 billion budget shortfall
in the coming year and is bracing for additional
cuts in federal funds for
health care and other services.
According to the statement, the
cuts would trigger a loss of $ 3 billion
in federal funds for
health care in resulting
in a total loss for New Yorkers of $ 5.9 billion
in Medicaid funding.»
The
federal health care bill which is a repeal of the Affordable Care Act is calling for $ 880 billion in cuts to Medicaid over the next ten ye
care bill which is a repeal of the Affordable
Care Act is calling for $ 880 billion in cuts to Medicaid over the next ten ye
Care Act is calling for $ 880 billion
in cuts to Medicaid over the next ten years.
A legal challenge is being filed at the
Federal Court of Canada, arguing that the federal government's cuts to refugee health care are unconstitutional, and in breach of Canada's obligations under internation
Federal Court of Canada, arguing that the
federal government's cuts to refugee health care are unconstitutional, and in breach of Canada's obligations under internation
federal government's
cuts to refugee
health care are unconstitutional, and
in breach of Canada's obligations under international law.
The Canadian Association of Refugee Lawyers and the Canadian Doctors for Refugee
Care, along with two refugee claimants who had been denied benefits, filed an application
in Federal Court to strike down the
health cuts.
The legal challenge is being filed at the
Federal Court of Canada on behalf of two patients who have had critical
health care denied to them since the government
cut health care coverage for refugees
in June of 2012.
That was certainly the case last month when he decided to take Ontario
Health Minister Deb Matthews to task for her decision to step in and provide essential health care coverage for large numbers of refugee claimants who had been cut out of the federal government's longstanding refugee health care pr
Health Minister Deb Matthews to task for her decision to step
in and provide essential
health care coverage for large numbers of refugee claimants who had been cut out of the federal government's longstanding refugee health care pr
health care coverage for large numbers of refugee claimants who had been
cut out of the
federal government's longstanding refugee
health care pr
health care program.
A legal challenge has been launched
in the
Federal Court of Canada, arguing that the federal government's cuts to refugee health care are unconstitutional, and in breach of Canada's obligations under internation
Federal Court of Canada, arguing that the
federal government's cuts to refugee health care are unconstitutional, and in breach of Canada's obligations under internation
federal government's
cuts to refugee
health care are unconstitutional, and
in breach of Canada's obligations under international law.
Similarly,
in Canadian Doctors for Refugee
Care v Canada (Attorney General), 2014 FC 651, the
Federal Court found that the government's
cuts to Interim
Federal Health funding for refugee claimants and other persons seeking protection from Canada amounted to cruel and unusual treatment under s. 12 of the Charter, and was not justified by s. 1.
Cutting Violence and
Cutting Prison Costs
in Maine: Accessing Available
Federal Funds to Provide Essential
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in Kids Maine (2013) Offers information on how Maine has increased access to
health screenings and treatment for people with mental and behavioral health challenges — including alcohol and other substance abuse problems for improved parent - child we
health screenings and treatment for people with mental and behavioral
health challenges — including alcohol and other substance abuse problems for improved parent - child we
health challenges — including alcohol and other substance abuse problems for improved parent - child welfare.
This radical move eliminates state and
federal funding to nine Planned Parenthood of Wisconsin
health centers
in small communities like Oshkosh, Fond du Lac, Eau Claire, and Kenosha, and
cuts off 12,000 uninsured women from access to preventive
health care.
«We also oppose the provision
in the House - passed Continuing Resolution that
cuts Planned Parenthood
health centers off from
federal funds used to provide cancer screenings, birth control and other preventive
health care services to three million Americans every year.
The
federal government is now
in the hands of extremist lawmakers who have tried for years to shut down Planned Parenthood
health centers and
cut our patients off from
care.
The
federal government is now
in the hands of extremist lawmakers who have tried for years to shut down Planned Parenthood
health centers and
cut patients off from
care.
The
federal government is now
in the hands of out - of - touch lawmakers who have tried for years to shut down Planned Parenthood
health centers and
cut patients off from
care.
In response to federal efforts to «defund» Planned Parenthood health centers and cut patients off from basic, preventive care, thousands of people rallied at the Boston Common in March in the freezing col
In response to
federal efforts to «defund» Planned Parenthood
health centers and
cut patients off from basic, preventive
care, thousands of people rallied at the Boston Common
in March in the freezing col
in March
in the freezing col
in the freezing cold.
According to information provided by Bi-State Primary
Care Association, which represents community health centers in New Hampshire and Vermont, «Without action by Congress before September 30, 2017, New Hampshire's Health Centers will face a devastating 70 % cut in their federal funds which could mean a loss of nearly $ 16 million and 47 % of their patients could lose access to care.&ra
Care Association, which represents community
health centers in New Hampshire and Vermont, «Without action by Congress before September 30, 2017, New Hampshire's Health Centers will face a devastating 70 % cut in their federal funds which could mean a loss of nearly $ 16 million and 47 % of their patients could lose access to care.&
health centers
in New Hampshire and Vermont, «Without action by Congress before September 30, 2017, New Hampshire's
Health Centers will face a devastating 70 % cut in their federal funds which could mean a loss of nearly $ 16 million and 47 % of their patients could lose access to care.&
Health Centers will face a devastating 70 %
cut in their
federal funds which could mean a loss of nearly $ 16 million and 47 % of their patients could lose access to
care.&ra
care.»