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Council Member Schulman advocates for Fair Pricing Act to cap healthcare costs
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Council Member Lynn C. Schulman discusses the issue of excessive healthcare costs in New York and advocates for the Fair Pricing Act. She explains how the proposed legislation would cap prices for routine outpatient services and potentially save New Yorkers over $1 billion annually.
- Schulman introduces Resolution 822, which supports state legislation to implement the Fair Pricing Act
- The Act would make New York the first state to cap prices for routine outpatient services at 50% of Medicare rates
- The legislation aims to prevent hospitals from charging excessive prices for basic healthcare services
Lynn C. Schulman
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New Yorkers rely New Yorkers rely on basic routine health care like flu shots, MRIs, IV bags, and cancer treatment to stay healthy.
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But too often they're being charged outrageous prices simply because the hospital system owns facility where they get care.
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That's not fair and it's not sustainable.
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The Fair Pricing Act would make New York the first state in the country to cap prices for routine outpatient services at a 50% of Medicare rates regardless of where the care is delivered.
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And that is why, RESO eight twenty two was introduced to support the legislation in the in the New York State Legislature that would do that.
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And this legislation could save New Yorkers over 1,000,000,000 a year money that should go to rent food and other essentials, not excessive medical bills.
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Thank you.