Mr. Spitzer, readying for a fight
over the health care cuts and school aid, told lawmakers on Wednesday morning that he would take his case to the public.
Not exact matches
In the first two years, «Obama and the Democratic majorities bent
over backwards to develop the Mitt Romney version of national
health care and also to give a third of the stimulus package to tax
cuts,» Jillson says.
«A reduction in gas prices and grocery deflation will help customers stretch their budgets, but they're still trying to absorb a 2 % payroll tax
cut, uncertainty
over Washington, and a lack of clarity around personal
health care costs that are all headwinds,» Mr. Simon said.
Latvia's GDP has plunged by
over 22 % during 2008 - 09, unemployment is rising, and the government has
cut back spending on hospitals and
health care, schools and other basic social integument.
In fact, we would have to lay off workers sooner than our plan of January 1, and we would probably have to have something like a one percent
cut to all services across the board, which I don't know, particularly in the area of
health care, where we've
cut over $ 5 billion now, and education, where we've
cut over $ 2 billion, that they could sustain additional
cuts to that extent.»
Even worse, she voted to
cut over $ 700 billion from Medicare, leaving Monroe County seniors with higher
health -
care costs and fewer options.
The Senate's version of the American
Health Care Act would cost New York's Medicaid program billions of dollars
over the next decade, putting Albany in the position of having to choose between raising taxes or
cutting services and programs for hundreds of thousands.
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.
Gov. David Paterson last Thursday proposed $ 5 billion in
cuts over the next two years to fill a growing state budget deficit, and the plan makes deep reductions in funding to education,
health care and state agencies.
Gov. Andrew Cuomo and Mayor Bill de Blasio are at odds again, this time
over federal
health care cuts.
The WFP largely sat out the battle
over the so - called millionaire's tax, which other lefties were pushing very hard to see reinstated in full to offset the deep
health care and education spending
cuts Cuomo had proposed.
Gov. Andrew Cuomo this week continued his simmering disagreement with Senate Republicans
over tax and fee increases in the budget, saying that without the revenue, the state would have to
cut back on
health care and school spending.
During the fight
over service
cuts and fare increases, some of the most vocal testimony at public hearings involved people with disabilities who need Metro Bus and Rail to get around to jobs, to homes, to
health care.
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.
Over the past year, Paterson has proposed a myriad
cuts to the state workforce, including some that impacted the
health care industry.
A reader forwarded this mailer touting the governor's MRT plan he received
over the weekend that's part of a campaign in support of the spending
cuts / reform proposals that's being paid for by two
health care industry big fish that stand to benefit: SEIU 1199 and the Greater New York Hospital Association.
The ad accuses Slaughter of a voting for a slew of tax increases, including the so - called «cap and trade» emissions measure and trots out the frequent Republicant talking point that the 2010 federal
health care bill
cuts $ 716 billion for Medicare, which is actually spread out
over 10 years and targets subsidies to insurance companies.
He seemed to almost dare legislators who are balking
over education and
health care cuts and key policy issues like prison closures and the med - mal cap to challenge him to a game of budget chicken.
While the MRT did propose a 4 percent cap and
cuts, it also put forward a wage floor for home
health workers; substantial rollbacks in the governor's proposed
cuts to nursing homes and personal
care; and a major overhaul of the home
care industry that is likely to boost the union's membership
over the long term.
The budget increases spending to schools and
health care by 4 %
over last year, when there were $ 10 billion dollars in
cuts.
Cuomo and NYC Mayor Bill de Blasio are at odds again, this time
over $ 1 billion worth of federal
health care funding
cuts that the mayor says the governor is «turning into a political football.»
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.
Schumer stayed above the fray and said that if the American
Health Care Act passes, fighting
over who has to make up the
cuts will be like «rearranging the decks on the Titanic.»
«The
Health Care bill is expected to
cut the deficit by 1 trillion
over 20 years.
Members of Congress like Faso... had a chance to stop it, but they chose tax
cuts for the wealthy
over health care for their constituents.»
Republicans point to legislation already in effect under Democratic
health care reform that
cuts Medicare funding by some $ 700 billion
over a period of years.
Cutting off
over $ 9 million in benifits to Ilegal Aliens, passing a law that would make it illegal to educate children of Illegal Alien parents and refuse them FREE
health care at our hospitals would begin to take a bite out of our deficit and see a decline in NY states Illegal Alein population that would open up jobs for American citizens as well.
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 epidemic.
Cuomo secured a historic
cut to school aid and
health care without tax increases and blocked the Assembly Democrats» effort to continue an income tax surcharge on New Yorkers making
over $ 200,000 a year.
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.
As it is some cats that we rehome do get run
over and it is devastating to learn of cats that have been rescued, nursed back to
health, taken time to gain their trust and been fortunate to have found
caring new homes have then had their lives tragically
cut short, their owners also find the experience desperately upsetting.
The «debate», if you want to call it that — though I suppose it was more civil than, say, the «debate»
over health care reform — focused around two things: How much was to be
cut from the federal budget, and which «riders» would the GOP be allowed to attach to it?
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The federal government said the
cuts could save taxpayers $ 100 million
over five years and genuine refugees continue to receive comprehensive
health care coverage on par with what Canadians receive.