News 10 NBC: CDPAP home care workers say new healthcare plan is unaffordable, high costs and limited coverage
CDPAP home care workers say new healthcare plan is unaffordable, with high costs and limited coverage
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By News10NBC
Updated: April 22, 2026 - 11:09 PM
Published: April 22, 2026 - 6:00 PM
ROCHESTER, N.Y. — CDPAP enrollees, home care workers and advocates criticized the healthcare plan offered by Public Partnerships, LLC, also known as PPL, on Wednesday.
News10NBC has been closely tracking the rocky rollout of the state-chosen company’s takeover of the Medicaid homecare program known as CDPAP. News10NBC’s Jennifer Lewke has exposed dozens of issues with PPL in the past, including delayed paychecks, employee fraud and phishing scams.
Advocates say upwards of 150,000 workers and 90,000 customers were driven from the program.
Advocates say the plan is unaffordable, with high deductibles and monthly premiums, and it doesn’t cover nearly enough healthcare services.
“Last year, New York State’s CDPAP transition robbed tens of thousands of workers of access to healthcare by eliminating their eligibility for the Essential Plan, ACA Premium Tax Credits, spousal coverage or retiree benefits,” said Michael Kinnucan, Health Policy Director at the Fiscal Policy Institute. “One year later, neither the Hochul administration nor PPL has acted to restore these benefits, and PPL continues to offer a health plan that would require workers to pay thousands of dollars a year in premiums for coverage that would require over $5,000 in out-of-pocket costs for routine care.”
Next month, PPL if moving CDPAP workers to a new insurer called Anthem, it offers two health plan options.