Hochul wants to create a middle-class Medicaid entitlement New York...

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

61% : Medicaid already covers most New York births, and in some areas -- like The Bronx -- nearly 80% of newborns are enrolled in Medicaid at birth.
54% : Then they should save taxpayer money by helping people on Medicaid find work.
52% : Those children remain eligible for Medicaid until their parents earn more than four times the poverty line.
52% : Under her proposal for "continuous eligibility," Medicaid never goes away, regardless of how much the family increases its income or whether it has access to private coverage through work.
46% : That inevitably means less money for low-income people who actually depend on Medicaid.
40% : Yet she's also expanding Medicaid for children whose parents make too much money.
38% : New York was barred from removing ineligible people from Medicaid, and sure enough, people flocked to the taxpayer trough.

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