Senator Gustavo Rivera and Home Care Workers Sound Alarm: Thousands Losing Health Coverage July 1

Federal cuts to the Essential Plan hit lower income New Yorkers, including a CDPAP workforce already devastated by PPL's takeover

NEW YORK, NY (06/29/2026) (readMedia)-- On Tuesday, home care workers, consumers, advocates, and Chair of the State Senate Health Committee Gustavo Rivera will hold a virtual press conference to warn that hundreds of thousands of New Yorkers, including home care workers, are days away from losing their health insurance. On July 1, federal cuts to the Essential Plan will eliminate coverage for many home care workers across New York, a workforce that's already been left exposed. Governor Hochul's decision to hand New York's $11 billion CDPAP program to a private equity-backed company, Public Partnerships LLC (PPL), eliminated the flexible coverage options workers previously relied on and drove as many as 150,000 workers and 90,000 consumers from the program entirely. Now, with the federal government cutting the Essential Plan, thousands of home care workers will be left with nothing.

WHO:

State Senator Gustavo Rivera, Chair of the Senate Health Committee

Home care workers and advocates

Emily Eisner, Acting Executive Director and Chief Economist, Fiscal Policy Institute

Kelly Foster, Advocate at the Northern Regional Center for Independent Living
WHAT:

Virtual press conference on the July 1 Essential Plan coverage cliff and its impact on New York's home care workforce
WHEN: Tuesday June 30, 2026 at 11:00AM Eastern Time (US & Canada)
WHERE: ZOOM
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/83657146990?pwd=vSXG7mdA4ycpNhedshXHVQZwXjxcSr.1
New York
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 Zoom: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/83657146990?pwd=vSXG7mdA4ycpNhedshXHVQZwXjxcSr.1