CSEA Blasts House Vote to Gut Health Care, Other Crucial Services

ALBANY, NY (05/22/2025) (readMedia)-- CSEA is outraged by the House of Representatives' passage of its punishing federal reconciliation bill. This plan rips health care away from more than 1 million New Yorkers and shifts billions of dollars in costs from the federal government to the states in order to fund a $4.5 trillion tax giveaway to billionaires and corporations.

"This budget is nothing short of an attack on working people," said CSEA President Mary E. Sullivan. "It takes a chainsaw to public services, including Medicaid, the Affordable Care Act and food assistance programs that benefit the neediest New Yorkers. This is all happening because billionaires want to fill their wallets even more on the backs of working people."

In New York, the recently passed state budget actually invests in public services including health care, education, and child care. The cuts passed by the House will completely undermine these investments.

The cuts will hit New York especially hard. The state stands to lose at least $13 billion in health care funding, which will result in hospitals and nursing homes closing, including vital urban and rural safety-net facilities. Jobs will be lost. Access to quality health care will disappear and working families in every corner of our state will suffer.

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