Legislature's failure to enact fed health law changes could cost millions

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Published June 30, 2011 at 9:13 AM EDT

By Karen Dewitt/WRVO's Capitol Correspondent

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ALBANY, NY – The New York State Legislature left town before acting to implement changes required under the federal health care legislation. WRVO Capitol Correspondent Karen Dewitt reports that some say that failure could cost the state millions of federal dollars.

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