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Bushwick Lawmakers Sign Open Letter Urging Cuomo to Reject Medicaid Cuts

The letter dated March 30, is signed by 30 New York state lawmakers on the city, state, and federal levels, urges Governor Cuomo to withdraw his Medicare Redesign Team’s proposed Medicaid funding cut

Bushwick Lawmakers Sign Open Letter Urging Cuomo to Reject Medicaid Cuts

Bushwick Lawmakers Sign Open Letter Urging Cuomo to Reject Medicaid Cuts

The letter dated March 30, is signed by 30 New York state lawmakers on the city, state, and federal levels, urges Governor Cuomo to withdraw his Medicare Redesign Team’s proposed Medicaid funding cut

Bushwick Lawmakers Sign Open Letter Urging Cuomo to Reject Medicaid Cuts

New York’s elected officials have sent a letter to Governor Andrew M. Cuomo to oppose the proposed Medicaid budget cuts in his executive budget proposal. The letter dated March 30, is signed by 30 New York state lawmakers on the city, state, and federal levels, urges Governor Cuomo to withdraw his Medicare Redesign Team’s proposed Medicaid funding cut, rendering New York state, “ ineligible for a large portion of federal coronavirus relief aid from the recently passed Families First Coronavirus Response Act.”

“The executive budget proposal to cut Medicaid funds will directly impact safety net hospitals and doctors across our state,” the letter reads, “including those treating the highest percentage of patients…

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