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Time will tell whether the Democratic strategy of holding out for a clean extension of the enhanced PTCs will be successful. Engaging with the Senate on the HSA construct as reflected in the Crapo/Kennedy Senate Bill could give Democrats a better opportunity to reshape aspects of the bill in order to mitigate the areas of greatest concern, while improving the chances that the country does not take a giant step backwards in terms of the total level of federal subsidies for hea

The purpose of this Issue Brief is to clarify the terms of debate about the enhanced PTCs and the future of the ACA. We will supplement this paper as the enhanced PTC debate evolves in Congress.

PDF available: Introduction The One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBBA) represents one of the most consequential shifts in federal health policy in recent years. The Congressional Budget Office (CBO) estimated that over 10 years, the OBBBA would result in $990 billion in reduced Medicaid spending and cause 10 million Americans to lose health insurance coverage, with more than half of them losing coverage by 2027. [i] The Appendix of this Issue Brief shows the CBO’s anticipated co

Enhancing Access to AI Tools for Healthcare Providers Across New York   PDF version: Key Takeaways   This paper proposes establishing a healthcare-focused, AI public-private platform to enable broader access to AI’s benefits in patient care, outcomes, and operational efficiency, and to help close the technological divide among healthcare entities. New York State has two important precedents for a new public-private platform involving health information technology and AI: the

 The intersection of recent federal healthcare and immigration policy changes will have a significant impact not only on the recipients of government-funded healthcare services and on non-U.S. citizens residing in New York, but also on the immigrants who comprise New York’s healthcare workforce.

Together, court-mandated outpatient treatment and involuntary removal and hospitalization represent a safety net for individuals who fall through the cracks in the system of voluntary care, often cycling through hospitals, jails, and shelters.

Community Schools represent an integrated educational approach designed to transform traditional schools into community hubs by offering comprehensive services and supports to students and their families. Linking school-based health services and Community Schools is a low-barrier, high-impact approach to improving educational and health outcomes for students, and to better engaging families and the surrounding community in supporting student success.

This paper and the related recent data exercise illustrate the resources that could be developed from existing health delivery system data.

The purpose of this Brief is to describe the existing care management infrastructure in New York and trace its evolution.

School-Based Health Centers (SBHCs) represent a relatively small but important component of the healthcare safety net in New York.

Accompanied by the Disparities in Rural and Urban Mortality: New York State Chartbook by Adrienne Anderson Policy Brief: Chartbook:...

In this Policy Brief, we examine some of the wide-ranging health challenges that New York’s rural communities are facing...

This paper discusses a strategy that a growing number of states are pursuing to constrain growth in healthcare costs...

Health Data and Information Series #3 Introduction Health information exchange (HIE) is already an indispensable part of the healthcare...

Funding for financially distressed hospitals is one of the two “burning houses” in the FY 25 Health budget...

Governor Kathy Hochul introduced her Executive Budget for State fiscal year 2024-25 (FY 25) on January 16, 2024...

The lack of comprehensive health data, information, and policy analysis infrastructure in New York hampers the ability of policymakers to...

...we were very pleased to see the number of proposals in the 2024 State of the State (SOS) that dovetail well with our areas of interest...

Technology and medical progress are disrupting the hospital industry, enabling more procedures to be performed outside of the hospital...

Health Data and Information Series #2