Parker: Democrats trying to save health care in New York State
As President Donald Trump and the Republican leadership in Congress move toward repealing and replacing the Affordable Care Act (ACA), Democrats in the New York state Senate are working on a plan to ensure that the state’s residents will still be able to get insurance coverage.
State Sen. Kevin Parker (D-Flatbush-East Flatbush) and members of the state Senate Democratic Conference are proposing legislation aimed at helping New Yorkers who might be in danger of losing insurance as a result of a rollback of Medicaid expansion, the loss of federal credits to purchase insurance or the elimination of a program for low-income residents who are not eligible for Medicaid.
Parker estimated that approximately 2.7 million New Yorkers would fall into one of those categories.