STAT+: New York’s hospitals are poised for political power this Congress

WASHINGTON — The new Democratic leadership team in Congress is pretty much the New York hospital lobby’s dream team.

Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) has long been an ally of the Greater New York Hospital Association, often pushing for more funding for teaching slots at hospitals. He goes back decades with the lobby’s CEO, Kenneth Raske. And new House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) is another New Yorker representing a Brooklyn district, though he has a less robust record on health care.

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