The New York Safety Net Hospital Coalition, as well as hospital staff, held a press conference at the Wyckoff Heights Medical Center in Brooklyn on Friday, demanding Governor Kathy Hochul improve the Big Apple’s outdated Medicaid reimbursement system, and calling for additional funds for safety net hospitals in the FY 2024 budget.
Safety net hospitals are hospitals that serve predominantly low-income patients, many of whom are either uninsured or rely on Medicaid.
According to the Coalition, Hochul’s currently-proposed budget for FY 2024 cuts $700 million in emergency funding that had been allocated in the previous fiscal year’s budget.
