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QUESTION 13 Why have earlier versions of NYs bill A.5248 of Senator Gottfried not become law during the course of 30 years? This is a proposal which favors better insurance downstate, so upstate rural areas opposet During those years, hospital CEOs could never agree upon its implementation NYC had powerful business and insurance interests protected by a Republican NVS Senate O Taxes would have to be used to fund it, to which New Yorkers are apposed

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Answer is: Taxes would have to be raised to fund it, so which New Yorkers are opposed.

In New York City, Gottfried added, municipal employees have had a deal for more than 30 years under which the city pays 100 percent of the premium. Under the New York Health Act, the employer has to pay at least 80 percent of the payroll tax that will fund the plan.