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BY MIKE PETTINELLA
For Video News Service<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

New York State Association of Counties\u2019 officials, county administrators and county executives are calling upon their Congressional representatives to speak out against provisions of the \u201cOne Big Beautiful Bill Act\u201d that they say will result in an estimated $13.5 billion annual loss to the state\u2019s economy and lead to nearly 1.5 million New Yorkers becoming uninsured.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

NYSAC Executive Director Stephen Acquario led the 30-minute Zoom call on Wednesday afternoon that included comments from several county government figures, including Genesee County Legislature Chair Rochelle Stein.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

On Monday, Gov. Kathy Hochul urged Republicans in the House of Representatives \u201cto speak out and push back to protect New Yorkers, now.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In a press release, Hochul stated the bill, as currently written, \u201cwill lead to substantial changes in how the critical public insurance programs Medicaid and the Essential Plan are funded and administered across the state.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Her office is projecting an annual loss of $7.5 billion in federal funding for the state\u2019s Essential Plan \u2013 \u201cthreatening the future of the program and causing hundreds of thousands of New Yorkers to lose coverage.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThat same Ways & Means text would shift almost $3 billion of costs to the State, and result in billions of dollars in cuts to the State’s healthcare providers.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Genesee County Manager Matt Landers was one of many county administrators \u2013 and media members \u2013 listening in to the NYSAC briefing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He agrees that should the bill pass in its current form, the economic impact upon the state\u2019s 57 counties and New York City would be \u201csignificant to a level we have not seen in a long, long time.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe bill will impact all states, but it will disproportionately impact New York State because of the mandates of the Medicaid program in New York State and because New York is unique as it is one of only a few states where counties share in the cost of Medicaid,\u201d Landers explained. \u201cSo, when there is a cut to Medicaid, like the feds are proposing, it impacts not only the state government, but it impacts counties. And counties are the ones levying property taxes.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Landers said the majority of states will take on cuts trigged by the federal bill. That isn\u2019t the case in New York.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cOn the call, we heard a couple of the county administrators or county executives who suggested the state should perhaps roll back some of the benefit levels. That will be something that New York State has to decide and contemplate,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cBut, in my opinion, I don\u2019t think the state would like to do that. I believe the state probably will absorb some of the costs and then also pass along a large number of the costs down to the counties.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

When these costs are shifted to the counties, it becomes everybody\u2019s problem, Landers said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cOne thing the NYSAC leaders on the call could have communicated more strongly was how these potential cuts would affect the taxpayer,\u201d he offered. \u201cYou can draw a direct line that if the bill passes, there\u2019s a strong correlation \u2013 a strong possibility \u2013 that property taxes are going to increase if the state pushes those costs to the counties and keeps the tax cap in place.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Landers said he doesn\u2019t have exact figures, but he wouldn\u2019t be surprised Genesee County took a yearly hit of somewhere between $1 million and $5 million.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWhat the governor\u2019s office and NYSAC are stating is that New York State is facing a roughly $13 billion cut due to the bill being proposed through Congress right now, and there\u2019s no expectation that the state would absorb the entire $13 billion. There\u2019s going to be a significant cost share with counties,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Currently, the state\u2019s counties and New York City collectively pay around $7.6 billion annually toward Medicaid, with Genesee County capped a slightly less than $10 million.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cRight now, it\u2019s a guessing game of how much we would lose,\u201d Landers said. \u201cIt\u2019s alarming. It\u2019s significant.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe tax cap only allows the county to typically in a given year increase property taxes by roughly 2 percent. This could result in that whole 2 percent tax cap not even making a dent in the amount of the cost shift to the county.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Asked to speak during the Zoom call, Stein said:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe know that we are in the middle and we, oftentimes as counties, are the providers of both state and federal programs. We could not be squeezed any harder than what we currently are.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThere\u2019s going to be at some point a compromise, and we have to be ready for that because \u2026 what is the next step? We know that we\u2019re not in charge and we know that our voice is only as big as those that will listen to us at both higher levels of our government.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThis is important on all levels for us. So, for us to be engaged and at the table at this time is the most important thing we can do.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Broome County Executive Jason Garnar shared what he called \u201ca simple message\u201d to the state\u2019s Congressional representatives: \u201cGo back to the negotiating table and stop these cuts that will cripple our state and county budgets, increase local taxes, hurt our hospitals and take health care coverage from our neighbors.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIf these cuts go through, up to two million people will lose coverage and state and local taxpayers will most certainly have to pay more and many of our most vulnerable New Yorkers will lose access to stable health care. Many more will lose nutrition assistance (SNAP) that their families rely on to simply put food on their tables.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In Genese County, about 4,800 adults and children receive SNAP benefits at a mandated cost to the county of around $835,000 per year.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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BY MIKE PETTINELLAFor Video News Service New York State Association of Counties\u2019 officials, county administrators and county executives are calling upon their Congressional representatives to speak out against provisions of the \u201cOne Big Beautiful Bill Act\u201d that they say will result in an estimated $13.5 billion annual loss to the \u2026<\/p>\n

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