Northern Metropolitan Hospital Association

11/20/2025

STAT News Headlines 📰🚨

▪️ Government Re-opens with No Extension of Health Insurance Tax Credits
▪️ State Works to Mitigate Negative Consequences of Federal Legislation
▪️ Hospitals Urge Legislators to Protect Vital Drug Discount Program

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Your Bi-Monthly Regulatory and Legislative Update, Published by the Suburban Hospital Alliance of New York State

11/10/2025

Hospitals urge legislators to protect 340B Prescription Drug Anti-Discrimination Act while the State works to mitigate negative consequences of federal legislation. Read more state and federal updates in the fall issue of Progress Notes:

Quarterly Member News Publication by the Suburban Hospital Alliance of New York State

10/31/2025

Who in the Hudson Valley can absorb an extra bill of $340 per month? That’s the average increase certain individual Marketplace enrollees will be hit with in January once their enhanced premium tax credits expire at the end of 2025. Certain Hudson Valley families will be hit with an average monthly increase of $680. Our legislators cannot let this burden befall our Mid-Hudson Valley hospitals and communities. Learn more: https://bit.ly/3KRDAkB

10/12/2025

Affordable Care Act enhanced insurance premium assistance for certain Marketplace enrollees will expire at the end of this year. On average, monthly premiums for certain individuals will more than double, and premiums for families will nearly double. It’s an increase most cannot afford, and many will become uninsured.

More uninsured patients mean a larger financial strain on hospitals, which affects their stability, increases ER wait times, and impacts service delivery. Our legislators cannot let this burden befall our Hudson Valley hospitals and communities.

Learn more: https://mailchi.mp/nshc/stat-news-oct-3-2025

10/06/2025

Amidst the federal government shutdown, hospitals and their advocates support the extension of healthcare provisions and exchange subsidies as negotiations continue. October 1 also marked the implementation of more drastic cuts to hospital reimbursements. Read more in the latest issue of STAT News, published by the Suburban Hospital Alliance of NYS:

Your Bi-Monthly Regulatory and Legislative Update, Published by the Suburban Hospital Alliance of New York State

09/14/2025

08/22/2025

Wendy Darwell, President/CEO of the Suburban Hospital Alliance explains why H.R. 1, otherwise known as the One Big Beautiful Bill, with its Medicaid cuts and Medicaid policy changes will affect us all whether or not we are Medicaid recipients. New York State is especially hard hit. https://nwsdy.li/4mmeloq

Learn more about the Suburban Hospital Alliance's advocacy priorities: https://bit.ly/3IgZjLS

08/05/2025

STAT News August 5, 2025 📰

🔹 Hospitals Consider Ramifications of Budget Reconciliation Bill
🔹 Medicare Payment Rules Released
🔹 State Legislative Session Ends but Some Success Thwarted

Read on about these headlines and more in the latest issue of STAT News, published by the Suburban Hospital Alliance of NYS: https://bit.ly/45IJv2r

Your Bi-Monthly Regulatory and Legislative Update, Published by the Suburban Hospital Alliance of New York State

07/28/2025

Suburban New York hospitals and New York State now face billions in cuts due to the Budget Reconciliation Bill. Millions are expected to lose health insurance coverage, and the bill will negatively impact local economic activity and jobs. Read on in the Suburban Hospital Alliance's latest summer issue of Progress Notes:

Quarterly Member News Publication by the Suburban Hospital Alliance of New York State

07/02/2025

Once Congress sets those Medicaid cuts in motion there is no stopping the damage.

Medicaid enrollee or not, we will all feel the effects of longer wait times in ERs and doc offices, higher insurance costs, service reductions and closures, and loss of local jobs. Tell your members of Congress to NOT let the first domino fall.

Learn more and take action: https://bit.ly/4kvxjYJ