Exclusive: New York scraps expanded state health coverage, citing GOP budget law

New York plans to phase out a program that offers zero-premium health coverage for working-class residents due to funding cuts in the GOP’s tax and spending package, Gov. Kathy Hochul’s office tells Axios first. The big picture: The megabill Congress passed in July slashed about $7.5 billion of the $14 billion in federal funds that New York gets annually to cover nearly 1.7 million…