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This innovative tool is connecting New Yorkers to free homecare
Every day, countless New Yorkers worry about their aging parents or loved ones living alone. The fear is real—a slip in the bathroom, a fall down the stairs, or a...
Scammers ripped off NY's controversial Medicaid homecare program to the tune of $68M: feds
In an indictment unsealed Wednesday, the feds allege two adult daycares – Happy Family Social Adult Day Care and Family Social Adult Day Care – bribed and gave kickbacks to...
Hochul bows to health-worker union's $12B senior-care power play that could bust NY's budget
Gov. Hochul’s overhaul of the Consumer Directed Personal Assistance Program reached a milestone last week when she named a Georgia-based company as the winning bidder to be the program’s statewide...
Elon succeeds where feds failed, grade inflation gone rampant and other commentary
“Countless” people, like Elon Musk, stepped up to help after Hurricane Helene even as (some say) the feds were actually hindering efforts, report The Free Press’ Joe Nocera & Madeleine...
Medicaid expansion cost $1 trillion, double the estimate: study
New research found that Obamacare’s Medicaid expansion cost more than $1 trillion over the past 10 years — an unaffordable tab that will grow even faster under a Harris administration.
Hochul needs to shut down this pricey home-health-care power grab
Gov. Hochul has rightly blasted a $9 billion home health-care program, calling it a “racket” that’s socked taxpayers.
How powerful nurses union is scheming to make bank off Hochul’s changes to NY $9B Medicaid program
One of New York's most powerful unions has been scheming to benefit from Gov. Kathy Hochul’s proposed changes to the state's allegedly fraud-ridden $9 billion home care Medicaid program, sources...
Nevada to allow pregnant women to use taxpayer money to fund abortions
“Nevadans who have Medicaid as their health insurance will no longer need to fear that they will be forced to carry a pregnancy against their will."
Homecare ‘middlemen’ sue to stop Gov. Hochul’s proposed Medicaid program overhaul
Gov. Hochul quietly rammed through a measure during state budget negotiations earlier this year to replace the hundreds of financial intermediaries that pay caregivers in the popular Consumer Directed Personal...
Ohio congressman wants weight-loss drugs covered by Medicaid
Americans on Medicaid moved closer to receiving coverage for weight loss treatments nearly a year after an Ohio congressman introduced legislation to expand access.
Number of Pennsylvania residents relying on food stamps and Medicaid is skyrocketing
The number of Pennsylvanians receiving food stamps and Medicaid has ballooned compared to a generation ago.
Risky scheme to game Medicaid, yes, US troops can save Haiti and other commentary
The new state budget “imposes a multibillion-dollar tax on health insurance without specifying who must pay how much,” fumes the Empire Center’s Bill Hammond.
Government programs are WIDENING black-white health disparities
For decades, federal-welfare programs like Medicaid have overpromised and underdelivered.
Here's hoping Gov. Kathy Hochul doesn't cave in budget talks
Gov. Kathy Hochul is set to cave to progressives in New York state budget talks and expand rent control, after also backing down on school-aid cuts. Is there anything she’ll...
NY lawmakers not likely to make April 1 state budget deadline — but may have deal in place soon
State lawmakers are expected to blow their April 1 budget deadline as talks drag on over potential cuts in education and Medicaid spending and how to build more affordable housing.
Defend your Medicaid and school-aid cuts, Gov. Hochul
The central conflict in this year's state budget negotiations is that Gov. Hochul wants to rein in the fastest-growing spending categories.
NY lawmakers fight gov's plan to reform murky $6B Medicaid program: 'I don't know why Hochul hates me'
The program, which pays people to take care of elderly friends and family members, is extremely susceptible to abuse, critics say.
'Cruel' Medicaid program targets dead peoples' homes to recoup health care costs
A person's home is typically exempt from qualifying for Medicaid. But it is subject to the estate recovery process for those who were over 55 and used Medicaid to pay...
Lawmakers' drunken-sailor spending spree is sure to bankrupt New York
The bills came in response to Gov. Hochul’s spending scheme and upped her $233 billion bottom line by a jaw-dropping $13 billion.