Local hospitals at risk of closing, layoffs due to Medicaid cuts

<!-- SC_OFF --><div class="md"><p>I'm surprised the hospital in New Rochelle isn't on the list.</p> <blockquote> <p>About 25% of all New York hospitals could face closure, layoffs or reduced services due to Medicaid cuts approved by Republicans in Congress and the Trump administration, according to the consumer watchdog group Public Citizen.</p> <p>Nearly 450 hospitals nationwide, including 45 in New York, are considered "at risk" after more than $900 billion in federal Medicaid and CHIP funding is expected to be slashed over the next 10 years through President Donald Trump's so-called "big, beautiful bill," the group noted in a report</p> <p>State officials and hospital trade groups in New York estimated the bill would cost the state and its hospitals $13.5 billion a year in lost funding and added expenses and would lead to 34,000 lost hospital jobs statewide as well as an additional 29,000 lost health-related jobs.</p> </blockquote> <ul> <li>Montefiore Nyack Hospital, Nyack</li> <li>Mount Vernon Hospital, Mount Vernon</li> <li>St. John's Riverside Hospital, Yonkers</li> <li>St. Luke's Cornwall Hospital, Newburgh</li> </ul> <p>Full list here:</p> <p><a href="https://archive.ph/Df65U#selection-781.0-787.38">https://archive.ph/Df65U#selection-781.0-787.38</a></p> </div><!-- SC_ON --> submitted by <a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/Just-The-Facts-411"> /u/Just-The-Facts-411 </a> <br/> <span><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/Westchester/comments/1ssbdb0/local_hospitals_at_risk_of_closing_layoffs_due_to/">[link]</a></span> <span><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/Westchester/comments/1ssbdb0/local_hospitals_at_risk_of_closing_layoffs_due_to/">[comments]</a></span>