Hochul administration, legislature at odds over Medicaid spending

Gov. Kathy Hochul is trying to rein in the state’s ballooning Medicaid spending, but she is already facing pushback from state lawmakers.

Health care is the largest section of the state’s proposed $233 billion budget. So any talk about cutting funding spells trouble for the relationship between the governor and the Legislature.

“We're leaving that on the table, whether it's raising money on that, raising taxes on the wealthy, which has potentially billions of dollars,” [Senator Gustavo] Rivera said.

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