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As health insurance costs and the ranks of the uninsured in New York continue to grow, the Empire Center will be bringing leading national experts to Albany to discuss a promising solution -- consumer-driven health care. The Empire Center Read More
If there's one thing on which virtually everyone in Albany agrees, it's the need to expand the availability of health insurance to the roughly 3 million New York state residents who lack it. Read More
What's to be done about skyrocketing health care costs and the growing number of New Yorkers without health insurance? Two new op-ed pieces by Manhattan Institute senior fellows suggest an answer to that question. In today's , Prof. Regi Read More
Governor Pataki made much of the "historic" Medicaid cost-containment initiatives he persuaded the Legislature to enact as part of this year's New York State budget. But some of his fellow governors have gone beyond mere budget-cutting to seek more f Read More
New York State has long stood alone in forcing local taxpayers to pay up to half of all Medicaid costs not reimbursed by the federal government. This divided financial responsibility is a key reason why New York easily leads the nation in Medicaid spending. Read More
The state-funded share of Medicaid costs will escalate rapidly over the next few years as Albany assumes responsibility for a greater share of county and New York Medicaid costs, according to projections explained in a new report from the Empire Center for New York State. Read More
When premium increases are capped, insurance companies tend to seek rate increases closer to the limit. Tighter regulation of premiums could undermine the profitability of a company whose financial health the state is banking on to finance health care programs. The focus should be on health insurance regulations that drive up rates. Read More