The Senate Republican Majority has unveiled plans that would
overhaul the state’s Medicaid fraud detection with the
goal of reducing corruption and waste and returning money
to taxpayers, according to a release from Senate Majority
Leader Joseph Bruno’s office
The effective state and local tax rate on businesses in New York is among
the highest in the country, a study by the Council on State Taxation finds.
State and local business taxes in New York totaled an estimated $42 billion
in 2004, according to the study. That represented 5
The Senate Republic Majority has unveiled plans that would overhaul the
state’s Medicaid fraud detection with the goal of reducing corruption
and waste and returning money to taxpayers, according to a release from
Senate Majority Leader Joseph Bruno’s office.
“Senate legislation restructures the detection, investigation and
prosecution of Medicaid fraud in New York by strengthening and streamlining
the roles of the Health Department and Attorney General, and creates a
new Medicaid Inspector General to help uncover fraud, waste and abuse,”
the release said
ALBANYNew York’s state and local government employees collect
higher retirement benefits while contributing less than state and local
government employees in other states, according to a Public Policy Institute
analysis of new data from the U.S. Census Bureau.
State and local government retirees in New York collected an average
$22,676 in pension benefits in 2003, some 16 percent above the national average, according
to the Institute
Although most New Yorkers seem to agree that Medicaid costs
too much in New York and doesn’t deliver a commensurately
high level of care, there are powerful political interests
in Albany blocking meaningful reforms, according to the latest
installment of the Public Policy Institute’s series
Medicaid
Watch ’05
Ideas for major Medicaid reforms are "bubbling up around the country," and New York might learn from other states that provide high-quality care at lower cost, according to the Public Policy Institute's latest Medicaid Watch '05 briefing paper.
The briefing paper, Other states move boldly to reform Medicaid; why shouldn't New York?, points to South Carolina and Florida as two states that are considering especially innovative approaches to taxpayer-funded health care
New York’s state and local government employees collect higher
retirement benefits while contributing less than those in other states,
according to a Public Policy Institute analysis of new data from the U.S.
Census Bureau.
State and local government employees in New York collected an average
$11,882 in 2003, some 42 percent above the national average, according
to the Institute
Despite per-pupil school spending that is the nation’s
second highest, New York’s return on that investment
is notably below average by two key measures of school success,
recent research by the Manhattan Institute suggests.
All 50 states’ academic outcomes were evaluated by
two common and critical measures of school success, graduation
rates and “college readiness” rates, according
to the institute’s report, Public
High School Graduation and College-Readiness Rates: 1991–2002
New York State falls behind many other states in national rankings of health, and must do more to analyze what its $45 billion Medicaid program does to improve quality of care, The Public Policy Institute's latest Medicaid Watch '05 report says.
"Medicaid spending is higher in New York than anywhere else," the report says