Every year, Chuck commits to traveling to all62 counties in New York to meet with constituents.
On August 14th, 2025, as the fallout from Trump and the GOP’s devastating Medicaid cuts in their ‘Big Ugly Betrayal’ begins in the Mohawk Valley and over 1.5 million New Yorkers projected to lose healthcare, U.S. Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer announced his new legislation – the Protecting Health Care And Lowering Costs Act – to repeal the devastating healthcare cuts and permanently extend the ACA premium tax credits that are set to expire at the end of this year, which if not extended will raise families healthcare costs.
Standing at Mohawk Valley Health System’s Wynn Hospital in Oneida County, where 34% of the population is covered by Medicaid, Schumer explained how these rushed, ill-conceived Trump Medicaid cuts – which were made to fund tax breaks for billionaires – has already caused rural hospitals across America to scramble, announce layoffs with the worst still yet to come, on top of ripping away health coverage for nearly 40,000 in the Mohawk Valley and Central New York, while also increasing ER wait times, increasing out of pocket costs & premiums, reducing medical services, and blowing huge holes in county budgets.