The New York City Health and Hospitals Corporation (HHC), a vital component of the health care safety net protecting lower income New Yorkers, faces two significant fiscal challenges in the coming years.
As Governor Cuomo prepares his executive budget, he should seek structral changes that slow down the state's most potent cost-drivers (pensions, school aid and Medicaid), halt additional economic development spending and steer clear of budget tricks. Senior Research Associate Tammy Gamerman pens an op-ed for the New York Post.
New York’s local share Medicaid policy, which requires counties to pay a portion of program costs, is out of line with other states, causes taxpayers in some counties to pay more for Medicaid on average than taxpayers in neighboring counties, and undercuts efforts to control costs. Use CBC’s online tool to estimate and compare average local Medicaid costs according to home property value in neighboring counties. An infographic describes visually the effects of this long-standing problem.
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