Kathy Hochul, Medicaid

Hochul’s Medicaid budget continues to swell
Hochul’s $252 billion budget proposal, released on Tuesday, allocates $35.4 billion for the Health Department’s Medicaid budget, a 14% increase from last year. However, the state’s financial plan lacks accompanying policies to tamp down ballooning Medicaid costs, running the risk that those costs will run the state into a deficit.
Health: Here's what Gov. Kathy Hochul proposes in her budget for Medicaid
Close to 7 million people in New York are projected to be on Medicaid as of March, state officials said, which remains a challenge for its budget plan. There were 7.6 million New Yorkers on Medicaid in November 2023 compared with 6.9 million in November 2024.
Opinion
Hochul’s insane $252 billion state budget sets fire to taxpayer money
If insanity is doing the same thing over again and expecting a different result, then Gov. Kathy Hochul belongs in the loony bin. After years of runaway spending and massive deficits in Albany, her fiscal year 2026 budget is more of the same. Actually, it’s doubling down on failure.
Hochul’s $252B budget: Extended millionaires tax, more Medicaid money
Enacted in 2021 and set to expire at the end of 2027, Hochul’s budget would extend it five years through 2032. Hochul’s executive budget will form the basis of negotiations with the state Legislature ahead of an April 1 deadline.
Complete coverage of Gov. Kathy Hochul's state budget proposal
Gov. Kathy Hochul unveiled her $252 billion state budget that calls for an increase in school aid, middle-class tax cuts and tax rebates. Here's a look at what else she proposed.
Highlights of Gov. Kathy Hochul's executive budget proposal
Public safety $13 million for the creation of the New York State Crime Analysis and Joint Special Operations Command Headquarters. The governor has billed this as a “first-in-the-nation headquarters to track crime trends,
Commentary: New York is exploiting a Medicaid tax loophole. This scheme needs to end.
Commentary: The strategy is neither ethical nor sustainable, and it could end up hurting the health care program and its ...
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GOP lawmakers coy on Medicaid cuts for tax extension
Republicans from swing states and districts are ducking questions about their openness to cutting Medicaid in order to help pay for an extension of President Trump's tax cuts. Why it matters: ...
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NY AG warns Medicaid transportation companies to ‘cease and desist’ fraudulent practices
Notices went out to 54 companies across the state that the attorney general's office contends are defrauding Medicaid.
Long Island medical transportation companies among NY firms that stole from Medicaid in billing schemes, AG says
Attorney General Letitia James said her office had sent cease and desist notices to 54 companies warning of financial penalties and prison time.
NYS Governor lays out $252 billion Budget, including school cell phone restriction plan
New York Governor Kathy Hochul presented her FY2026 State Budget proposal on Tuesday, outlining her priorities.
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'Under considerable strain': Nursing homes make annual push for Medicaid reimbursement boost
Medicaid is the largest funding source for nursing homes – "has placed the entire system under considerable strain," the New ...
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Inside New York's festering dental care crisis — long waits, pain and worsening health
A dental school in Westchester is pushing to close gaps in care, as thousands of New Yorkers wait months or years for dental visits.
New York community health centers push for Medicaid rate recalculations
On average, community health centers in New York spend 40% more on a visit than they are reimbursed by Medicaid.