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December 11, 2008
Atlantic Yards YES! Medicaid NO!!
NY Times, Hospital Officials Worry as Paterson Signals Need for More Medicaid Cuts
Heart attack victims would be revived, and broken bones would be put in casts. But pregnant women might not be able to get prenatal checkups at convenient times, treatment for children’s asthma might be cut and diabetes diagnoses for adults could be delayed.
These are among the doomsday predictions of public and private hospital executives across New York City as Gov. David A. Paterson prepares to release a budget next week that he has warned will include severe cuts to the state Medicaid program that reimburses hospitals and doctors for services to low-income patients.
In the worst case, officials say, hospitals could face bankruptcies, service cuts and layoffs within a matter of months if Medicaid cuts being proposed by Governor Paterson go into effect.
NoLandGrab: Hey, what's a little asthma or diabetes when Brooklyn could have its very own professional sports team playing in Bruce Ratner's very own taxpayer-subsidized billion dollar arena?
Posted by eric at December 11, 2008 2:44 PM