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The Essential Plan cliff lands today. As of July 1, New York lowered the income line for its no-premium health plan, and roughly 47,000 Hudson Valley residents, many in Westchester County, lose coverage. We trace the change from a 2025 federal law to a Westchester kitchen table, and explain where the costs go next.

In This Episode
(0:00) A rule changes today, and 47,000 neighbors wake up uninsured
(0:25) How the income line dropped from 250% to 200% of poverty
(1:15) The federal law that cut $7.5 billion from a $14 billion program
(2:15) Marketplace plans, premiums, and the $2.5 billion left unspent
(3:00) Why uninsured residents become a hospital and county cost
(3:40) What else is happening: the Katonah Museum's founding-families exhibit
(4:10) Close

Sources
Fiscal Policy Institute: regional impacts of the July 2026 Essential Plan cliff
NY State of Health and NY Health Access: the income-eligibility change

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