Top budget priority: Provide coverage for almost 1/2 million New Yorkers

Apr 16, 2026 | News

Medicaid Matters New York joins countless organizations and individuals to call on the Governor and the Legislature to provide affordable coverage options for the almost half a million New Yorkers who will lose coverage July 1st due to Federal cuts.

Medicaid Matters co-signed a letter to the Governor and Legislative leaders urging they enact a state budget that includes coverage fixes. Download the letter here.

Find a two-page fact sheet by Community Service Society of New York, a call-in tool, and other updates and information on the Health Care for All New York website here.

Medicaid Matters coalition participants Kelly Foster of Watertown, New York recorded a video about what it will be like if she loses coverage July 1. Find her video on Instagram here.

Find the Medicaid Matters memo in support of A.10926 / S.9589, the legislation to provide coverage fixes for the people losing Essential Plan coverage, here.