New York State could reduce its spending on Medicaid dramatically
by emulating Massachusetts, a state well known for traditionally
liberal social spending policies and for some of the world’s
best hospitals, according to the third installment in the
Public Policy Institute’s
Medicaid Watch ’05 series
SIX NEW YORK STATE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS TO RECEIVE BUSINESS COUNCIL'S
PATHFINDER AWARDS IN SEPARATE CEREMONIES IN APRIL
Business Council's Prestigious Award Honors Schools for Educational Improvement
ALBANYElementary
schools in Albany, Brooklyn, Erie, Oswego, Tioga, and Westchester counties
will receive The Business Council's 2005 Pathfinder Award in separate ceremonies
in April
New York's spending on public schools is second-highest in the country, according to new statistics published by the U.S. Census Bureau.
As of 2002-03, New York schools spent an average of $12,140 per pupil. That was 51 percent above the national average, and second only to New Jersey's.
New York's schools led the country in per-pupil spending on school employee salaries and wages, according to the Census Bureau
New York State's Medicaid spending is more than twice the
national average because of high spending on almost every
part of the program, according to the newest report in the
Public Policy Institute's Medicaid Watch '05 series.
"Medicaid pays for many different programs
As state legislators negotiated the details of their agreement
to increase state spending by $1.55 billion more than the
Governor proposed in his Executive Budget, Governor Pataki
has apparently secured a promise of new federal funding for
Medicaid—if legislators agree to his cost-containment
proposals
New York State employers remain among the nation’s
least optimistic about the likelihood of hiring in the second
quarter of 2005, a new nationwide survey from Manpower Inc.
shows.
The latest Manpower Employment Outlook Survey, which is conducted
quarterly by Manpower Inc
ALBANY—The Public Policy Institute of New York State has launched
Medicaid Watch '05, a new series of reports designed to document
the case for reforms that reduce overall costs imposed on New York’s
taxpayers, businesses, farmers, and county governments.
Two one-page reports in the new Medicaid Watch '05 series will
be published each week for the next several weeks
State Assemblyman Robin Schimminger (D-Kenmore) has introduced
a sweeping nine-bill Medicaid reform package that would reduce
taxpayer costs, give counties relief from their Medicaid burden,
and preserve quality health care for the poor
Governor Pataki’s 2005-06 budget proposal is balanced,
but the plan could cause cumulative out-year budget gaps between
$5 billion and $11 billion by the end of 2007-08, according
to a new report by state Comptroller Alan Hevesi.
The report noted that the Governor’s budget proposal
includes many measures rejected by the Legislature in previous
years
A coalition of labor unions and advocates of higher taxing
and spending is urging state lawmakers to increase taxes in
New York State by as much as $10 billion a year.
The proposal includes an increase of as much as $7.7 billion
in the state's personal-income tax as well as increases in
business taxes and fees of at least $1