After Hospitals' Donation to New York Democrats, a $140 Million Payout

[brooklynite]

Source: New York Times

With Medicaid costs soaring in New York, the Greater New York Hospital Association was pushing for the seemingly impossible: more state reimbursement money.

It was a big ask, and for years, it had gone nowhere. Medicaid spending already represented an enormous and ever-growing share of the state budget, and Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo had taken steps to keep the program in check.

Then things changed.

As Mr. Cuomo was locked in a bitterly fought Democratic primary last year, his campaign asked the association, one of Albany’s most influential and richest power centers, to make a major donation to the State Democratic Party, according to a person familiar with the discussions.

Read more: https://www.nytimes.com/2019/10/03/nyregion/medicaid-donation-hospitals-cuomo.html

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Politics is still politics in NY...

[snowybirdie]

1. So glad

funds are coming to healthcare in NY. Won't find too many folks all upset about why.

[George II]

2. Cuomo was "locked in a bitterly fought Democratic primary"? Did you see the results?

If you don't like politics in NY you can either do something about it or move.

[FBaggins]

3. How on Earth could posting a NYTimes article constitute "bashing" a Democratic public figure?

Asking for a friend.

[Celerity]

4. +10000

asking for another friend

[Brainfodder]

5. We can give up on this BULLSHIT making sense?

Should be able to citizen's arrest him via phone at this point?