Rochester-area hospitals are facing $38.8 million in budget cuts over two years under the Governor's amended budget proposal.
"These cuts are unacceptable," said Travis Heider, President and CEO of Pandion Healthcare: Education & Advocacy. "Our hospitals cannot sustain cuts of this magnitude. Hospitals and healthcare systems are the #1 and #2 employers in the Rochester area - these cuts would have a devastating impact on the availability of healthcare services, and ultimately, healthcare employees could lose their jobs. Pandion's hospitals will be strongly opposing these cuts when we travel to Albany next week."
The governor proposed a $1.1 billion cut to New York hospitals in his 30-day amendments to the executive budget proposal. HANYS and GNYHA recently released a study on how it would impact local hospitals over the next two years. For example:
- Strong Memorial Hospital would lose $21.4 million
- Rochester General Hospital would lose $6 million
- Highland Hospital would lose $3.3 million
- Unity Hospital would lose $2.5 million
For the full list of hospital cuts, please click here.
"I strongly urge our local legislators to reinstate the funding because cutting healthcare is the wrong approach," Heider said.
About Pandion Healthcare: Education & Advocacy
Pandion Healthcare: Education and Advocacy is a not-for-profit 501(c)3 association whose membership is comprised of 17 hospitals and their related health systems in the nine counties of Monroe, Livingston, Ontario, Wayne, Seneca, Yates, Allegany, Steuben, and Chemung. Pandion Healthcare: Education and Advocacy works closely with the Healthcare Association of New York State (HANYS) and the American Hospital Association (AHA), collaborating on many issues and activities.