Hospital executives, such as Jeff Kraut, associate dean of strategy at Northwell and chair of the state's Public Health and Health Planning Council, have repeatedly stated that if it wasn't for the price increases and the clout that a health system demands those smaller independent hospitals would be closed or in
need of a state bailout.
Then, during the weekend, the citizens
of Greece voted to reject the austerity measures which would have granted the nation -
state the
bailout funds
needed to stay afloat.
«As the 2nd most conservative member
of the New York
State Assembly in rankings by the New York
State Conservative Party and the # 1 Legislator in scoring by Unshackle Upstate, a New York reform organization, I know we
need to slash federal spending, balance the budget, end the
bailouts, take leftover money from the Obama stimulus package to pay down the deficit and support repealing Obamacare.