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The Step Two Policy Project is a policy think tank that focuses on issues involving health, behavioral health, and human services in New York. Our goal is to make complicated subjects more understandable to general readers, while providing detailed insights for people who work in the health policy field.
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A Review of the Managed Long-Term Care Issues in the FY 25 Executive Budget
Governor Kathy Hochul introduced her Executive Budget for State fiscal year 2024-25 (FY 25) on January 16, 2024...

Paul Francis with Sally Dreslin and Adrienne Anderson
Feb 21, 2024


Analyzing Complex Public Policy Issues
I want to use the analysis of this proposal as an example to describe the process of analyzing complex public policy issues.

Paul Francis
Feb 21, 2024


The Dynamics of the New York State Budget Process
What I want to talk about today is the dynamics of the Budget process...

Paul Francis
Feb 6, 2024


Over-Engineering Against Risk
Governor Kathy Hochul presented the FY 25 Executive Budget for State fiscal year 2024-25 on Tuesday in Albany.

Paul Francis
Jan 31, 2024


Using Health Data and Information to Better Measure the Affordability of Healthcare
The lack of comprehensive health data, information, and policy analysis infrastructure in New York hampers the ability of policymakers to...

Sally Dreslin & Adrienne Anderson
Jan 25, 2024


The Affordability of Healthcare in New York
Governor Kathy Hochul presented the FY 25 Executive Budget for State fiscal year 2024-25 on Tuesday in Albany.

Paul Francis
Jan 19, 2024
S2P 2024 State of the State Brief
...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...

Paul Francis
Jan 12, 2024


Commentary #4: Week of January 8th, 2024
In the Health sector, the most significant announcement in the SOS was that the State has received approval from CMS of its 1115 waiver...

Paul Francis
Jan 12, 2024


The Challenge of Financially Distressed Hospitals in New York
Technology and medical progress are disrupting the hospital industry, enabling more procedures to be performed outside of the hospital...

Paul Francis with Sally Dreslin and Adrienne Anderson
Dec 29, 2023


Commentary #3: Week of December 25th, 2023
We think it’s important to understand the background of the increasing numbers of financially distressed hospitals in New York...

Paul Francis
Dec 29, 2023


Commentary #2: Week of December 18th, 2023
Here is a preview of our theory of the case, which we will set forth in a fair amount of depth next week.

Paul Francis
Dec 21, 2023


Commentary #1: Week of December 11th, 2023
This is the first of what I hope will become more frequent updates on issues of interest to the Step Two Policy Project (S2P) readership.

Paul Francis
Dec 14, 2023


Categories of Health Data and Information
Health Data and Information Series #2

Step Two Policy Project
Dec 14, 2023


Maximizing Federal Healthcare Shortage Designations
Increasing Access to Care for Individuals with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities in New York This document was prepared by...

Sally Dreslin & Adrienne Anderson
Nov 27, 2023


Supporting Individuals with Complex Needs
This document was prepared by Sally Dreslin, the Executive Director of the Step Two Policy Project, and Courtney Burke, Senior Fellow for...

Sally Dreslin
Oct 4, 2023


Democratization of Health Data, Information, and Policy Analysis
New York could rapidly improve its own infrastructure by using the Massachusetts model as a detailed road map for changes in New York.

Sally Dreslin & Paul Francis
Sep 20, 2023
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