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Cutting Medicaid to curb debt won't be easy

WHATEVER Governor-elect Andrew Cuomo decides to do to close New York's multibillion-dollar Medicaid gap, he'd better be ready to deal with New Yorkers like Geraldine Flynn.

"I fight for everything I need," said Flynn, 55, who has cerebral palsy and uses a wheelchair. Medicaid pays for 24-hour-a-day home health aides for Flynn and for the complicated medical care she needs. Money from Social...

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