{"id":13168,"date":"2025-10-01T13:30:14","date_gmt":"2025-10-01T17:30:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pef.org\/?p=13168"},"modified":"2025-10-01T13:30:14","modified_gmt":"2025-10-01T17:30:14","slug":"pef-to-congress-dont-cut-new-yorks-medicaid-funding-for-1-million-new-yorkers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pef.org\/articles\/news\/pef-to-congress-dont-cut-new-yorks-medicaid-funding-for-1-million-new-yorkers\/","title":{"rendered":"PEF to Congress: Don&#8217;t cut New York&#8217;s Medicaid funding for 1 million New Yorkers!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"xdmh292 x15dsfln x140p0ai x1gufx9m x1s928wv xhkezso x1gmr53x x1cpjm7i x1fgarty x1943h6x x193iq5w xeuugli x13faqbe x1vvkbs x1lliihq xzsf02u xlh3980 xvmahel x1x9mg3 xo1l8bm\" dir=\"auto\"><em>ALBANY, N.Y., Oct. 1, 2025<\/em> &#8212; The 55,000 members of the NYS Public Employees Federation stand with U.S. Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer and U.S. House Minority leader Hakeem Jeffries as they work to restore critical cuts to Medicaid and the Affordable Care Act (ACA) as part of the ongoing federal budget fight. The budget being advanced by Republicans in Congress and President Donald Trump maintains $1.2 trillion in cuts to Medicaid and the ACA over the next 10 years.<br class=\"html-br\" \/><br class=\"html-br\" \/>President Trump promised to fight inflation, but cutting ACA tax credits will increase out-of-pocket costs and reduce access to care, especially in rural New York. Slashing federal support for health care does not end the need for these vital services, it only increases the costs by forcing lower income and\/or uninsured New Yorkers to utilize more expensive emergency services when they get sick or injured. Without modification, the people hurt most by these severe cuts will be the more than 1 million at-risk New Yorkers who depend on Medicaid to supplement their health insurance, and the PEF members who oversee and administer the State&#8217;s Medicaid program. In addition, New York&#8217;s rural hospitals, already underfunded and short-staffed, will face significant challenges to maintain operations.<br class=\"html-br\" \/><br class=\"html-br\" \/>In the richest nation in the history of the world, it is nothing short of cruel to cut the most basic health care benefits available for our vulnerable friends, neighbors, and family members. PEF applauds U.S. Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer and U.S. House Minority leader Hakeem Jeffries and their colleagues from the New York Congressional delegation for fighting on behalf of New York and all New Yorkers. We urge every member of New York&#8217;s Congressional delegation to be united in purpose and to work together to protect all New Yorkers from these healthcare cuts!<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"x1i10hfl xjbqb8w x1ejq31n x18oe1m7 x1sy0etr xstzfhl x972fbf x10w94by x1qhh985 x14e42zd x9f619 x1ypdohk xt0psk2 x3ct3a4 xdj266r x14z9mp xat24cr x1lziwak xexx8yu xyri2b x18d9i69 x1c1uobl x16tdsg8 x1hl2dhg xggy1nq x1a2a7pz xkrqix3 x1sur9pj xzsf02u x1s688f\" role=\"button\"><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ALBANY, N.Y., Oct. 1, 2025 &#8212; The 55,000 members of the NYS Public Employees Federation stand with U.S. Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer and U.S. House Minority leader Hakeem Jeffries&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":11520,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[6,479],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-13168","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-press-releases"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.1 (Yoast SEO v27.1.1) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>PEF to Congress: Don&#039;t cut New York&#039;s Medicaid funding for 1 million New Yorkers! 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