Unions, Mayor Suggest Cuomo Stacked Medicaid Panel to Exclude City Voices

Several elected officials and health care unions—including Mayor de Blasio—have criticized the absence of officials from the city’s public-health system and the unions that represent New York City Health + Hospitals employees from the task force appointed by Governor Cuomo to find ways to save billions in Medicaid costs.

The 21-member panel known as the Medicaid Redesign Team was convened by Mr. Cuomo to find ways to generate $2.5 billion in Medicaid savings before the April 1 budget deadline. Growing costs for the program that serves six million people across the state have contributed to a projected $6.1-billion deficit in the state budget.