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New York lawmakers are set to return to Albany this week for the start of the new legislative session, and a second year of near-total control of state…
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Over the New Year’s holiday, Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced that New York’s health care providers will see a 1% drop in the reimbursements they receive for…
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Issues impacting older adults — including lowering prescription drug prices, tax relief for caregivers and large Medicaid cuts — will be some of the major…
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New York state begins the new year with the biggest budget deficit since the Great Recession, estimated at $5 billion to $6 billion.Much of the gap is…
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The leader of the State Senate says she does not think there will be new broad-based taxes on the wealthy to close the state’ s multi-billion dollar…
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New York state is facing the largest budget gap in several years. The $6 billion deficit is due largely to higher costs for Medicaid, the health care…
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A measure in the New York State Assembly has been introduced by Northern Brooklyn representative Joseph Lentol that would establish mental health…
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New York is facing a looming budget deficit because of rising costs and spending on health care in the state’s Medicaid program. It’s increasingly likely…
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A policy seminar titled Medicaid Migraine, held Wednesday by the fiscal watchdog group the Empire Center as part of the Gov. Hugh L. Carey Policy Forum,…
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A New York state judge has thrown out a decision by the Department of Health that could have left groups like Western New York Independent Living in…