Exclusive | Hochul extends free healthcare program for hookers, and taxpayers will foot the $2.5M bill

Exclusive | Hochul extends free healthcare program for hookers, and taxpayers will foot the $2.5M bill

The Hochul administration has quietly extended a pilot program providing free healthcare for sex workers – with the price tag for taxpayers now expected to soar to nearly $2.5 million.

Gov Hochul gives sex workers free healthcare—wants NY taxpayers to foot $2.5 MILLION bill

The initiative has now been extended through June 2028 with an additional $1.5 million in funding.

Hochul Extends Healthcare Pilot for Sex Workers as Critics Question Cost, Process, and Political Motives

Hochul Extends Healthcare Pilot for Sex Workers as Critics Question Cost, Process, and Political Motives By: Jeff Gorman A little-publicized New York State healthcare initiative aimed at providing medical services to sex workers has become the focus of growing political controversy after newly disclosed documents revealed that the program has been extended for several more years at an additional cost of approximately $1.5 million to taxpayers. A…