How is New York’s health insurance market weathering the Affordable Care Act crosswinds? Relatively well in some respects and poorly in others. Read More
Tag: Healthcare
New York State's low-cost Essential Plan is taking a big bite out of the state's market for private health insurance, newly released data show. Read More
By going along with double-digit premium hikes for individual-market health plans, the state is loosening handcuffs that should not exist. Read More
New York’s hospitals collectively rank dead last among the 50 states in a new report card from the federal government, an Empire Center analysis shows. Read More
Here’s a puzzling statistic: Recipients enrolled in Medicaid managed care plans use emergency rooms more often, not less, than those in the old-style “fee for service” program. Read More
A study charges that Medicaid managed care plans are systematically denying care to elderly and disabled shut-ins. While the report raises concerns, its findings do not warrant abandoning an important reform effort. Read More
New York emerged as the second-costliest state for employer-sponsored health insurance after its premiums rose at more than three times the national rate in 2015. Read More
Claims that a state-run single-payer health care system would save money do not add up, according to an analysis released today by the Empire Center for Public Policy. Read More