NEWS - MARCH 2005

• Health Care Reform Act initially slowed spending, but New York's hospital system is growing again, report shows (March 28, 2005)
  
  
• Council urges lawmakers to change statute governing NYPA power sources (March 28, 2005)
  
  
• Medicaid spending on elderly is billions higher in New York, but care may not be better, report shows (March 28, 2005)
  
  
• Lawmakers agree on a top Council priority: single-sales factor reform (March 25, 2005)
  
  
• Report: New York must control Medicaid's hospital spending (March 24, 2005)
  
  
• Four diverse panelists agree: New York's economic policies have hurt its economy (March 22, 2005)
  
  
• Governor renews call for Medicaid reform before business leaders; Senate Majority Leader urges single-sales factor tax reform (March 22, 2005)
  
  
• Business leaders, county executives, farmers rally for Medicaid reform in Albany (March 22, 2005)
  
  
• Council urges lawmakers to enact single-sales factor tax reform (March 22, 2005)
  
  
• Governor Pataki to keynote Business Council's annual Small Business Day (March 21, 2005)
  
  
• Report: To restrain Medicaid spending, New York should emulate Massachusetts (March 21, 2005)
  
  
• Six New York State elementary schools to receive Business Council’s Pathfinder Awards in separate ceremonies in April (March 18, 2005)
  
  
• New York's school spending is second-highest in the country, a new Census Bureau report shows. (March 18, 2005)
  
  
• Senator Charles Schumer to keynote March 23 Binghamton University research symposium (March 18, 2005)
  
  
• Report: New York's high Medicaid costs are driven by spending on "all of the above" (March 17, 2005)
  
  
• Governor reportedly secures new conditional federal Medicaid aid (March 16, 2005)
  
  
• Medicaid reform and high costs of doing business in New York will be focus of Small Business Day March 22 in Albany (March 15, 2005)
  
  
• Survey: New York employers among least optimistic about second-quarter hiring (March 15, 2005)
  
  
• Public Policy Institute launches Medicaid Watch '05, a series of reports documenting the case for Medicaid reforms to reduce total spending (March 14, 2005)
  
  
• Council urges state to eliminate controversial surcharge on energy (March 7, 2005)
  
  
• State Assemblyman Robin Schimminger (D-Kenmore) has introduced a nine-bill Medicaid reform package (March 3, 2005)
  
  
• New York State’s county officials, farmers, and business leaders hold two more rallies to urge Albany to give Medicaid relief to counties, taxpayers (March 2, 2005)

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