Thousands of disabled NYers may be forced into hospitals, nursing homes as Hochul’s pro-union home care overhaul falters
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Thousands of disabled New Yorkers could be forced into hospitals and nursing homes as Gov. Kathy Hochul’s pro-union overhaul of the Empire State’s $9 billion home care falters, providers warn.
The New York Health Plan Association and other groups sounded the alarm that the Hochul administration has only days to act to avoid major chaos after a bumpy rollout of the plan to consolidate payroll services for the state’s elder and home care-focused Consumer Directed Personal Assistance Program, or CDPAP.
“In the worst case, the care alternative for many CDPAP consumers will be a hospital or nursing home, if any capacity even exists,” the groups wrote in the Feb. 21 letter to the Department of Health and obtained by The Post.
The New York Health Plan Association and other groups are warning that the Hochul administration’s state home care overhaul could force thousands of disabled New Yorkers into hospitals and nursing homes. Erik Pendzich/Shutterstock
The New York Health Plan Association and other groups are warning that the Hochul administration’s state home care overhaul could force thousands of disabled New Yorkers into hospitals and nursing homes. Erik Pendzich/Shutterstock
“We urge the Department to develop a contingency plan ready to be executed before the end of February to avoid extensive disruption,” the letter added, as the groups blasted the overhaul as way behind schedule as it barrels to an April 1 deadline.
Hochul is transitioning from using hundreds of about 700 firms to one hand-picked company, Public Partnerships LLC, or PPL, to pay people to take care of older relatives
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