1+ hour, 37+ min ago  (862+ words) As Governor Hochul and legislative leaders rush to finalize the overdue state budget, outlines of some healthcare-related deals have begun to emerge from the closed-door negotiations. Those deals reportedly include subsidizing a benefit fund affiliated with 1199 SEIU and extending a…...

6+ mon, 2+ week ago  (881+ words) A new fiscal report from the state Budget Division suggests federal funding cuts will hit New York's health-care budget less severely than officials have previously warned. A financial plan update released last week estimates that Washington's tax and spending package,…...

7+ mon, 1+ week ago  (844+ words) As Washington skirmishes over the future of enhanced tax credits under the Affordable Care Act, New York has relatively little to gain or lose. The number of New Yorkers using any ACA credits " enhanced or not " stands at about 119, 000 or…...

7+ mon, 2+ week ago  (858+ words) New Yorkers continue to face some of the costliest health premiums in the U. S. , and the insurance industry's recently finalized rate applications shed light on why that is. In summaries filed with the state regulators, insurers attributed their price hikes to…...

9+ mon, 2+ week ago  (609+ words) New York's Medicaid program remained a spending outlier in 2024, with per-resident outlays that were 24 percent higher than those of any other state and 77 percent above the national average, according to a federal report released on Thursday. The report provides timely…...