Medicaid

A Campaign Against Hunger worker stocks produce at the Ocean, Brooklyn food pantry.

Trump istration

New York Charities Worry They Won’t Be Able to Make Up for Steep Medicaid and SNAP Cuts

May 29, 2025, 3:46 p.m.May 29, 2025, 4:20 p.m.

Multiple districts in New York consistently rank among the most SNAP- and Medicaid-reliant in the nation.

People enter and leave Elmhurst Hospital in Queens.

Budget

What the House Budget Bill Means for New Yorkers

May 22, 2025, 4:36 p.m.May 23, 2025, 1:39 p.m.

Some tax relief for the wealthy and tipped workers is overshadowed by billions in public benefits cuts poised to force New York to make tough spending choices on Medicaid and more.

Dozens of anti-DOGE demonstrators held a die-in at the Stock Exchange to protest steep budget cuts.

How to New York

How GOP Budget Cuts Could Affect NYC: Your Questions Answered

March 20, 2025, 5:00 a.m.March 20, 2025, 3:30 p.m.

It’s not just programs that receive federal funding that could be at risk.

A political ad shows hands holding puppet strings over the text "Don't Let Big Business Hijack Home Care."

Albany

Mystery Donor Funds $10 Million Campaign Against Hochul Home Care Plan

Feb. 4, 2025, 11:49 a.m.Feb. 4, 2025, 11:49 a.m.

The money is being routed through a nonprofit — possibly running afoul of state lobbying rules.

Budget

Trump’s Federal Funding Freeze Could Hit New York Hard

Jan. 28, 2025, 4:34 p.m.Jan. 28, 2025, 5:16 p.m.

State Attorney General Letitia James and counterparts sue to ensure Medicaid and other dollars continue to flow.

"We are open and we are here for you," read a sign outside the Bleecker Street Planned Parenthood.

Health

Planned Parenthood to ‘Temporarily’ Stop 20-Plus Week Abortions in New York, Citing Financial Issues

Aug. 5, 2024, 1:44 p.m.Aug. 5, 2024, 6:51 p.m.

The group said that as of Sep. 3 it will also put a pause on providing “deep sedation” during procedures due to “challenges pushing New York’s abortion access ecosystem to the limit.”

Medicaid

Got Medicaid? Renew Your Coverage to Keep It That Way

Aug. 11, 2023, 5:00 a.m.Aug. 10, 2023, 8:35 p.m.

New York state is asking all Essential Plan, Child Health Plus and Medicaid participants to reapply, after a pandemic paperwork pause. The requirement could lead thousands to lose health insurance.

Health

He Received Medicaid Coverage For Years. Now, the State Wants $32,000 Back.

Oct. 13, 2020, 5:00 a.m.Oct. 12, 2020, 9:29 p.m.

Bronx man’s plight highlights call for city’s poverty relief agency to extend an expiring moratorium on settlement collections from people deemed disqualified for public benefits already received.

Health

Meet the Company Reaping Big Bucks From N.Y.’s Budget-Busting Medicaid Surge

Feb. 24, 2020, 4:05 a.m.Oct. 12, 2023, 7:30 a.m.

Gov. Cuomo blames NYC for rising insurance rolls — while the state pays Virginia-based Maximus dearly to decide which poor people deserve costly care.

Medicaid

New York Charities Worry They Won’t Be Able to Make Up for Steep Medicaid and SNAP Cuts

What the House Budget Bill Means for New Yorkers

How GOP Budget Cuts Could Affect NYC: Your Questions Answered

Mystery Donor Funds $10 Million Campaign Against Hochul Home Care Plan

Trump’s Federal Funding Freeze Could Hit New York Hard

Planned Parenthood to ‘Temporarily’ Stop 20-Plus Week Abortions in New York, Citing Financial Issues

Got Medicaid? Renew Your Coverage to Keep It That Way

He Received Medicaid Coverage For Years. Now, the State Wants $32,000 Back.

Meet the Company Reaping Big Bucks From N.Y.’s Budget-Busting Medicaid Surge

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