Gov. Andrew Cuomo rang the warning bell Tuesday, saying New York is facing a potentially devastating loss of healthcare funding on Oct. 1. Cuomo said if Congress does not intervene, New York faces more than $2.5 billion in Medicaid cuts. And as State House Reporter Zack Fink explains, a new effort to repeal Obamacare could mean New York gets hit even harder.

Gov. Cuomo said the outlook is grim: New York will be hit with billions of dollars in federal cuts to Medicaid if Congress does nothing to stop it.

"It is not too strong to say that this would decimate the public and safety net hospitals in the state of New York," Cuomo said.

On Oct. 1, New York faces $1.1 billion in cuts by 2019, and $2.6 billion in reductions by 2025.

Even though Charles Schumer is the top Democrat in the Senate, and Joe Crowley is the Number Three congressman in the House of Representatives, both are in the minority and may be powerless to stop President Trump and the Republicans.

"The destruction of the healthcare system is at-hand. It's 11 days away," said Ken Raske of the Greater New York Hospital Association. "It's like a ticking time bomb, and that is an extraordinary statement."

According to the governor, not only is there an immediate budgetary threat to New York State, but also a potentially even bigger one with the revival of the repeal of Obamacare. Known as the Graham-Cassidy Bill, it would put New York in an even deeper hole.

Experts say New York would face an additional $19 million in cuts if the Affordable Care Act is repealed. Money would then be sent to the state in the form of block grants.

"The federal government says, 'We gave it all to the states and now it is up to the governors, and the governors have flexibility. Caveat: We gave them less money than they were getting,'" Cuomo said.

New York State is already facing a $4 billion shortfall going into its next budget.