Bellone moves to shift county health care

Originally published: March 11, 2013 9:12 PM
Updated: March 11, 2013 10:04 PM
By RICK BRAND rick.brand@newsday.com

Photo credit: Newsday / Thomas A. Ferrara | Suffolk County Executive Steve Bellone delivers his State of the County address. (Feb. 19, 2013)

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Suffolk County Executive Steve Bellone is pursuing plans to remove the county from direct delivery of most health care services -- a move that could affect as many as 150 county jobs.

The administration is pressing ahead with ambitious efforts to shift direct care to third party providers to cut labor costs, gain higher aid reimbursements and jettison malpractice expenses. Bellone aides say...

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