Ailing Long Island hospitals will need to look elsewhere to get better as proposed federal and state budgets include cuts to health care funding.

U.S. Representative Carolyn McCarthy (D-Mineola) says President Bush has made a serious mistake by trying to lower funding to hospitals. Nassau University Medical Center officials say they could lose $75 million with the cuts, which would stop vital services and programs from being offered. Winthrop University Hospital could be in even worse shape, where officials say the non-profit medical center could lose $530 million over the next five years. Winthrop officials say they face losing another $7 million in state funding with Governor Eliot Spitzer's (D-NY) new budget.

McCarthy says she and others will be lobbying hard in Washington to change the president's mind and reverse the imminent cuts.

To see the complete footage of Congresswoman McCarthy's news conference on hospital cuts, go to channel 612 on your iO digital cable box and select iO Extra.

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