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Medicaid Cuts Could Make It Harder for Families to… New York …

WEBAs Albany debates Medicaid spending levels through ongoing heated budget negotiations, Health Homes is caught in the crosshairs. Facing a 40 percent surge in …

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Retired Teachers Seek Union Shakeup to Stop Medicare Switch

WEBA group of dissident retired public school teachers is seeking to take over part of the New York City teachers union in an upcoming election — and they hope to …

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Health Care Costs for Retired City Workers Could… New York Focus

WEBNearly 250,000 retired New York City employees and their spouses could have their health insurance changed to “Medicare Advantage” plans managed by …

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Hochul Proposes Medicaid Expansion for Seniors and… New York …

WEBA pair of proposals outlined in Governor Kathy Hochul’s State of the State policy recommendations could be the largest expansion of New York’s Medicaid …

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Legislature Seeks to End “Arbitrary Limit” on… New York Focus

WEBIn his first months in office in 2011, Governor Andrew Cuomo signed into law a package of sweeping cuts and reforms to the state’s Medicaid program, in an effort to …

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Get Billions for Medicaid With This One Weird Trick

WEBFor every dollar New York spends on Medicaid, the federal government sends another dollar — so Washington would send $4 billion. “This really is a way to …

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Retired City Workers Voice Opposition to New City

WEBOver 50 retired city workers testified in opposition to New York City’s plan to switch retirees to a cost-saving privatized health care plan at a virtual public hearing …

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On Medicaid, Hochul’s Budget Departs from Cuomo Era

WEBIn Tuesday’s budget proposal, Governor Kathy Hochul proposed two key changes to New York’s Medicaid program, the state’s primary means of providing …

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Court Blocks Controversial Medicare Switch for… New York Focus

WEBA state Supreme Court judge Thursday indefinitely halted a proposed cost-cutting change in city government retirees’ health care after former municipal workers …

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Retired NYC Workers Celebrate Medicare Switch Court Win

WEBRetired NYC Workers Celebrate Medicare Switch Court Win. The court ruled retirees who opt-out of the switch to Medicare Advantage plans can keep their current …

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Retirees Flee City Medicare Program as Deadline… New York Focus

WEBRetirees Flee City Medicare Program as Deadline Looms for Move to Private Health Plan. Uncertainty about coverage and costs under Medicare Advantage has a …

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Delayed Treatment and Denied Services: Health Care In New York…

WEBIn 2019, both chambers of the legislature passed a bill to expand that oversight to a far broader set of incarcerated patients: women, transgender people, …

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Rikers Staffing Crisis Limits Access to Medical Care

WEBFueling the escalating crisis is a staffing shortage that’s also made getting medical care at Rikers Island and other city lockups an ordeal, an investigation by New …

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Home Care Workers Battle Their Own Union on 24-Hour Shifts

WEBA vocal group of New York home aides has organized to ban 24-hour homecare shifts for years, and has most recently rallied in support of a New York City …

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The Money Machine Behind Albany's Top Lobbying Group

WEBNew York is expected to have the “largest reserve balance of any state in U.S. history,” Raske told legislators in Albany — the $23 billion “mountain of cash” he …

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Hochul's Plan to Fight the Opioid Crisis Is Way Behind

WEBThe average New Yorker has to travel nearly 10 miles to access methadone, a New York Focus analysis found. Upstate, they have to go even further. Governor …

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As It Happened: Kathy Hochul on the State of the State

WEBStay Focused. It was the first in a series of big days in Albany. At 1 pm, Governor Kathy Hochul gave her 2024 State of the State address, outlining the past …

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Patients Need Kidneys. A Law to Boost Donations Is… New York …

WEBHundreds of New Yorkers die each year waiting for a kidney. New York has one of the longest waitlists in the country: Nearly 7,000 people currently need a …

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Hochul Signs Bill to Remove Barriers to Addiction Treatment

WEBIn October, Hochul also signed bills to decriminalize syringe possession and increase access to opioid addiction treatment in prisons and jails. New York City …

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Hochul Seeks to Lower Drug Treatment Funding as… New York …

WEBAfter the worst year on record for overdose deaths in New York, Governor Kathy Hochul wants to level off investment in addiction treatment. Under Hochul’s …

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