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Statement on on Pending Federal Cuts to DSH Payments and Urging Restoration of Funding
- By: NYSAC
- On: 09/05/2019 16:10:49
- In: Press Releases
NYS hospitals receive more than $1.8 billion annually in DSH payments and proposed cuts will have a devastating impact on our health care system.
New York State hospitals receive more than $1.8 billion annually in DSH payments and proposed cuts by Congress will have a devastating impact on our health care system.
Fiscally strong hospitals are the cornerstone of a comprehensive and accessible health care system for patients, especially low-income and vulnerable populations, throughout this great state and across the nation. NYSAC, along with the National Association of Counties, has opposed these cuts in the past and will continue to do so.
Congress has wisely delayed the implementation of these federal funding cuts each year since 2014, but they are set to begin October 1, 2019 if no further action is taken by Congress to again delay the cuts.
We agree with Governor Andrew M. Cuomo and counties across the nation thatthese cuts must not happen, and we strongly encourage Congress to act as soon as possible to avert these federal funding cuts.