Suffolk County to save $3.1 million in Medicaid costs as federal government boosts support

Suffolk County will save $3.1 million in Medicaid costs this year as the federal government picks up a larger share of the costs to cover the county's poor, elderly and disabled, county officials learned this month. The federal government's higher-than-budgeted contribution is provided to the local governments in New York under the Affordable Care Act, said John O'Neill, commissioner of the... Suffolk County will save $3.1 million in Medicaid costs this year as the federal government picks up a larger share of the costs to cover the county's poor, elderly and disabled, county officials learned this month.

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