Interfaith Medical Center supporters rally in Brooklyn for Medicaid waiver funds
Only hospital in underserved Bed-Stuy
Elected officials and Interfaith Medical Center advocates rallied on Monday in Bedford-Stuyvesant to urge Gov. Andrew Cuomo to use recently-approved Medicaid waiver funds to keep the threatened hospital open.
In 2011, Interfaith filed for bankruptcy and has fended off closure several times.
After an intense push by Gov. Cuomo, on February 13 the Obama administration okayed $8 billion in funds to go towards health restructuring in New York. The Governor promised that close to a billion dollars could go towards helping to stabilize Brooklyn’s crumbling health care system.