Syracuse, NY — New York state cut public health insurance benefits for more than 450,000 people this summer in response to tighter federal restrictions.
New data shows that nearly 40% of those people were able to keep their free health care coverage or signed up for Obamacare.
But the majority — 280,000 people — simply disappeared from the public rolls after losing the Essential Plan, which for a couple of years provided free coverage for people making between 200% and 250% of the poverty level…