Gov. Cuomo Announces Impact of Potential Affordable Care Act Repeal in NYS

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Gov. Cuomo Announces Impact of Potential Affordable Care Act
Repeal in NYS
01/05/17 08:00am

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Over 2.7 Million New Yorkers Would Lose Coverage

Estimated State Budget Impact of $3.7 Billion

Counties Across New York Would Lose Over $595 Million in Direct

Spending

New York Residents Would Lose $250 Million in Health Care Savings Tax

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Governor Andrew M. Cuomo announced the impact of potential repeal of the

Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act on health care coverage of New

Yorkers and the state budget. If the repeal of the Affordable Care Act were

enacted, an estimated 2.7 million New Yorkers would lose coverage and New

York State would experience a direct state budget impact of $3.7 billion and a

loss of nearly $600 million of federal funding that goes directly to counties,

which they use to help lower property taxes.

"The cost of a repeal of the Affordable Care Act, to state and local budgets and

to the New Yorkers who depend on its health care coverage, is simply too high

to justify," Governor Cuomo said. "Since its implementation, the Affordable

Care Act has become a powerful tool to lower the cost of health insurance for

local governments and New Yorkers, and it is essential that the federal

government does not jeopardize the health and livelihoods of millions of

working families."

The NY State of Health exchange has successfully cut the percentage of

uninsured New Yorkers in half, from 10 percent to 5 percent. It has also

significantly expanded eligibility and access to health coverage, allowing

hundreds of thousands of previously uninsured New Yorkers to achieve

economic and healthcare security. Based on current enrollment levels, the

repeal of the Affordable Care Act would result in over 2.7 million New Yorkers

losing health coverage. The estimated number of individuals at risk of losing

coverage, based on current enrollment levels, is broken down by counties

below:

County-

Individuals at Risk of Losing Coverage

Albany-

25,552

Allegany-

4,608

Bronx-

300,012

Broome-

20,231

Cattaraugus-

8,310

Cayuga-

7,665

Chautauqua-

15,270

Chemung-

9,160

Chenango-

5,184

Clinton-

7,787

Columbia-

6,827

Cortland-

4,606

Delaware-

4,461

Dutchess-

25,074

Erie-

93,403

Essex-

3,660

Franklin-

5,110

Fulton-

6,038

Genesee-

5,074

Greene-

4,971

Hamilton-

522

Herkimer-

6,932

Jefferson-

10,955

Kings-

540,320

Lewis-

2,932

Livingston-

4,972

Madison-

5,861

Monroe-

75,512

Montgomery-

5,473

Nassau-

133,324

New York-

218,937

Niagara-

21,287

Oneida-

24,781

Onondaga-

45,682

Ontario-

9,355

Orange-

37,851

Orleans-

4,522

Oswego-

12,568

Otsego-

5,785

Putnam-

7,006

Queens-

493,058

Rensselaer-

12,540

Richmond-

56,882

Rockland-

38,526

Saratoga-

16,340

Schenectady-

16,056

Schoharie-

3,079

Schuyler-

2,065

Seneca-

3,145

St. Lawrence-

11,063

Steuben-

10,039

Suffolk-

152,631

Sullivan-

9,668

Tioga-

4,560

Tompkins-

7,827

Ulster-

19,850

Warren-

6,796

Washington-

6,689

Wayne-

9,354

Westchester-

91,844

Wyoming-

3,700

Yates-

2,515

Total-

2,715,807

The estimated direct state budget impact of the repeal is $3.7 billion. New

York’s counties have been able to use the additional federal Medicaid funding

through the Affordable Care Act, which goes to directly to counties and helps to

lower property taxes. A repeal of the Affordable Care Act would result in a total

loss of $595 million in funding. A county by county breakdown of the allocated

annual funding that each county would lose is available below, based on the

most recent year:

County

2016-17 Funding

Albany

$4,738,862

Allegany

$786,300

Broome

$3,049,122

Cattaraugus

$1,211,333

Cayuga

$1,098,606

Chautauqua

$2,443,709

Chemung

$1,491,573

Chenango

$686,373

Clinton

$1,292,531

Columbia

$833,957

Cortland

$786,023

Delaware

$666,830

Dutchess

$2,974,044

Erie

$17,149,148

Essex

$400,176

Franklin

$681,442

Fulton

$879,897

Genesee

$691,774

Greene

$832,298

Hamilton

$68,800

Herkimer

$956,261

Jefferson

$1,601,068

Lewis

$294,378

Livingston

$686,242

Madison

$842,891

Monroe

$13,023,431

Montgomery

$797,695

Nassau

$17,866,829

Niagara

$3,849,704

Oneida

$4,169,425

Onondaga

$7,871,592

Ontario

$1,042,122

Orange

$5,021,173

Orleans

$667,917

Oswego

$2,281,144

Otsego

$729,112

Putnam

$561,094

Rensselaer

$2,307,076

Rockland

$3,867,080

St. Lawrence

$1,564,073

Saratoga

$1,864,638

Schenectady

$2,462,377

Schoharie

$475,760

Schuyler

$312,126

Seneca

$369,493

Steuben

$1,514,370

Suffolk

$18,310,813

Sullivan

$1,439,822

Tioga

$589,433

Tompkins

$1,015,126

Ulster

$2,935,566

Warren

$787,632

Washington

$746,252

Wayne

$910,595

Westchester

$15,243,258

Wyoming

$382,781

Yates

$282,426

Upstate Total

$162,405,572

New York City Total

$433,294,428

New York State Total

$595,700,000