Article: New York City Health Executives Got 1995 Pay Hikes, Records Show.(Originated from New York Daily News)

May 6--The city's top health-care executives rewarded themselves with double-digit pay hikes last year -- even as complaints skyrocketed and service deteriorated, state records show.

Raises for one CEO hit an eye-popping 189 percent, while another chairman raked in 81 percent more in 1995 than he did in 1994, a Daily News review of compensation in the health industry found.

Meanwhile, the state Insurance Department reviewed 87 percent more complaints about New York's 28 health-maintenance organizations last year than it did the year before.

Consumer advocates and elected officials say the hefty raises are creating a new class of health-care barons -- ...

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