Cuomo considers ‘Faso-Collins’ tax to recover lost Medicaid dollars
Noting that "the Faso-Collins shell game" cuts
Cuomo offered no details of his proposed "Collins-Faso Federal Tax," but an aide to the governor said it would have to be worked out with the state Legislature.
The new tax would be "a statewide assessment on counties" to replace that
Collins quickly attacked Cuomo's new tax proposal.
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The Faso-Collins proposal would bar the state from charging upstate and
Collins and Faso got that amendment included in the legislation the House passed to radically reform the Affordable Care Act, more commonly known as Obamacare. Last week,
In his letter to the state's congressional delegation, Cuomo derided the Faso-Collins proposal as "nothing more than a political Ponzi scheme."
And beyond the Faso-Collins amendment, the
In his letter, Cuomo pleaded with the state's congressional delegation to stop the Republican health care proposal.
"For those in the delegation who supported this legislation, New Yorkers will remember that you were elected to serve them but instead fought to cut our funding and our vital health care services," Cuomo wrote.
Collins, for one, wasn't impressed with the governor's letter. He said it was Cuomo's responsibility to find budget cuts to make up for the lost tax revenues that will go back to county taxpayers if the Faso-Collins amendment becomes law.
"If
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