Aug
Governor David Paterson’s proposal to cut Medicaid would take $974.1 million away from New York’s hospitals and health care providers over the next two years, according to an analysis completed by the Healthcare Association of New York State (HANYS).
A facility-specific breakdown of the impacts is available on the attached chart. “For years, hospitals have struggled just to break even. In today’s economy, that struggle has been made even more difficult,” HANYS President Daniel Sisto said. “Now, the Governor plans to take nearly $1 billion away from an industry whose members are barely treading water. Every hospital loses under this plan, and as a result, every community in New York faces the possibility of losing as well.”
HANYS’ estimates include both the state and federal share of proposed Medicaid reductions. The analysis the cumulative impact on health care facilities for State Fiscal Year (SFY) 2008- 2009 and for SFY 2009-2010.
“Taking funding away from health care providers puts critical services in jeopardy and threatens the viability of institutions that people rely on,” Mr. Sisto said. “Times are tough in New York, and the Governor is making it even tougher to provide the vital health care services New Yorkers deserve.”
Healthcare Association of New York State