Gov Cuomo is pushing for a late addition to the state budget at the behest of the Greater NY Hospital Association.
GNYHA was also behind two of the Cuomo administration's most controversial pandemic policies: legal immunity & the 3/25 nursing home order
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GNYHA was also behind two of the Cuomo administration's most controversial pandemic policies: legal immunity & the 3/25 nursing home order
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The proposal is a technical change in insurance law that would compel plans to pay hospital claims first and ask questions later.
Insurers, employers and labor unions say it would enable waste and drive up health premiums.
Insurers, employers and labor unions say it would enable waste and drive up health premiums.
Cuomo didn't include this item in his original budget proposal from January or his 30-day amendments in February.
The details have not yet been made public.
Yet his aides are telling the Legislature it's a priority for inclusion in the final budget, which is due in six days.
The details have not yet been made public.
Yet his aides are telling the Legislature it's a priority for inclusion in the final budget, which is due in six days.
Albany uses this move a lot. It's a way of slipping things into law with virtually no notice or debate.
The language appears in a massive, complicated budget bill a few hours (or minutes) before the vote.
It's how hospitals and nursing homes won immunity protections last year.
The language appears in a massive, complicated budget bill a few hours (or minutes) before the vote.
It's how hospitals and nursing homes won immunity protections last year.
Given the uproar over that immunity deal (which is currently under federal investigation), it'll be interesting to see whether the Legislature collaborates with Cuomo and GNYHA on another last-minute request.
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