Thank you for joining this week’s edition of the Albany Update.
A federal bill that had the pro-life community concerned went down to defeat in the U.S. Senate last week. New York’s two U.S. Senators, Schumer and Gillibrand, unsurprisingly voted for the legislation, but one lone Democrat stood with the Republicans to defeat this no good, very bad bill.
Abortion continues to be a state concern as well, though. Gov. Kathy Hochul’s proposed budget has language that would statutorily require abortion coverage in every healthcare plan. New York’s pro-life community is mobilizing against this measure.
Continuing the theme of healthcare coverage, there’s an effort to socialize medicine in the Empire State. If passed, your private health insurance coverage would disappear, and all healthcare would come via the state. What might this proposal mean for your tax rate?
Then, on the education front we’ll see that parents are pulling their kids out of public education in record numbers. It isn’t all pandemic-induced reactions, either. There’s an opportunity for churches across the state to meet the challenge in starting new private schools. Will New York’s churches rise to the occasion?
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