The cost of financing long-term care (LTC) through Medicaid is on track to become “a crippling burden” for New York State unless steps are taken to reform the program, a report issued today by the Empire Center for Public Policy warns.
Governor Cuomo says the state of Wisconsin is the model for his unusual collaborative approach to attempting to reduce Medicaid costs in New York -- but a report in today's Wall Street Journal (subscription required) cites "little evidence of savings"...
Despite growing signs that Congress is finding it harder to spend with reckless abandon, New York State budget negotiators were counting on getting $1 billion in added Federal Medicaid Reimbursement Percentage (FMAP) aid under the so-called "jobs bill" expected to move...
Most news coverage of yesterday's budget vote reflected the approach of today's New York Times headline: "Albany Lawmakers Pass Big Cuts in Health Care." In fact, net of those cuts, the state-funded share of Medicaid spending will increase this year...
The health care bill now moving through Congress could heap significant added costs on New York State. But the Heritage Foundation is offering a provocative idea on how New York could turn the tables on the feds and save at least $47 billion on Med...
Nicole and I both have op-eds in the Post today. Hers dissects the MTA's latest desperation move -- an unprecedented 18-month budget. Mine focuses on the projected expansion of New York State's Medicaid caseload, which by 2013 may include one out...
Medicaid spending on the elderly rose five times faster in New York than in other states during the most recent five-year period for which data are available, according to a report issued by the Empire Center.
