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SUNY Empire prof says health-care system to be stretched thin

Albany County Sheriffs Office EMS vehicle
Albany County Sheriffs Office
Albany County Sheriffs Office EMS vehicle

On Wednesday, four centrist Republicans, including New York Congressman Mike Lawler, broke ranks and joined with Democrats to force a vote on extending Affordable Care Act subsidies for three years.

But with the future of those subsidies still undetermined, Empire State University Professor Duncan RyanMann, an expert in Medicaid and Medicare, discussed the state of health care with WAMC’s Andrew Waite. And, as RyanMann detailed, changes to Medicaid included in the One Big Beautiful Bill Act are likely to have even greater impact than any potential loss of subsidies.

Andrew Waite is WAMC’s news director. His journalism career dates to 2009, when he was a cub reporter for community newspapers in Montana and Alaska. He has since worked as an editor at the inflight magazine for Seattle-based Alaska Airlines and as the featured news columnist for The Daily Gazette in Schenectady. Andrew has a bachelor's degree in journalism from Boston University, an MFA in creative writing from Pacific University and is a proud Albany High School graduate. He's honored to be back home helping to cover news in the Capital Region, where he lives with his wife, daughter and son.