{"id":318693,"date":"2026-08-11T15:30:27","date_gmt":"2026-08-11T15:30:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/318693\/"},"modified":"2026-08-11T15:30:27","modified_gmt":"2026-08-11T15:30:27","slug":"news-12-bronx-gov-hochul-warns-medicare-changes-could-increase-prescription-drug-costs-for-13-million-new-yorkers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/318693\/","title":{"rendered":"News 12 | Bronx | Gov Hochul Warns Medicare Changes Could Increase Prescription Drug Costs For 13 Million New Yorkers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-rich-text-paragraph=\"true\">New York seniors could soon pay more for their prescription drugs, according to Gov. Kathy Hochul.<\/p>\n<p data-rich-text-paragraph=\"true\">Hochul visited a senior center in Westchester County on Monday to warn about the potential impact of changes to Medicare prescription drug coverage.<\/p>\n<p data-rich-text-paragraph=\"true\">The governor&#8217;s concerns come after the Trump administration announced plans to end the Medicare Part D Premium Stabilization Program.<\/p>\n<p data-rich-text-paragraph=\"true\">Hochul is urging federal officials to reverse the decision, saying it could lead to higher costs for approximately 1.3 million New Yorkers enrolled in Medicare.<\/p>\n<p data-rich-text-paragraph=\"true\">&#8220;Here we are trying to put more money back into people&#8217;s pockets, trying to focus on all the pressure points where you&#8217;re paying more,&#8221; Hochul said.<\/p>\n<p data-rich-text-paragraph=\"true\">She warned that seniors are already struggling with rising expenses.<\/p>\n<p data-rich-text-paragraph=\"true\">&#8220;So, people are getting discouraged, I get it,&#8221; Hochul said.<\/p>\n<p data-rich-text-paragraph=\"true\">The governor says if the program is eliminated, many Medicare recipients could face higher monthly prescription drug premiums beginning next year.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"New York seniors could soon pay more for their prescription drugs, according to Gov. Kathy Hochul. Hochul visited&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":318694,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[38],"tags":[128,9,24,63,129,131,130],"class_list":["post-318693","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-the-bronx","tag-bronx","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-city","tag-nyc","tag-the-bronx","tag-the-bronx-headlines","tag-the-bronx-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/318693","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=318693"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/318693\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/318694"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=318693"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=318693"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=318693"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}