Health Care

Working Families and Economic Security in New York: How Effectively Do Work Supports Bridge the Gaps?

June 11, 2008. Thirty percent of New Yorkers in working families can't cover basic needs with their wages. This report analyzes the effectiveness of "work support programs" (such as food stamps, Child Health Plus and the Earned Income Tax Credit) in bridging the hardship gap experienced by 5.7 million New Yorkers - that is, the gap between family wages and a basic family budget standard. Work supports make a difference, but more must be done. Press release, full report.

2020-11-13T15:11:24-05:00June 11th, 2008|Health Care, Meeting Basic Needs, Press Releases, Reports, Briefs and Presentations, Social Policy|
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Extending the State Fiscal Relief Provisions of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act

June 8, 2010. The federal government's failure to extend its increased share of state Medicaid costs would leave New York with an additional $1.06 billion in state budget cuts - on top of the cuts already on the table as part of Governor Paterson's 2010-2011 gap closing plan. In this analysis, FPI calculates that if the state decided to fill the additional $1 billion dollar gap through workforce reductions, the number of layoffs would be in the 15,000-16,000 range. Another alternative, reductions to Medicaid reimbursement [...]

2020-11-13T15:06:55-05:00June 8th, 2008|Federal Tax & Budget, Health Care, Reports, Briefs and Presentations, Social Policy, Tax & Budget|
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Fed Directive Threatens to Cut Funds for New York Children’s Health Coverag

May 6, 2008. A report from the Center for Children and Families at Georgetown University shows that the Bush administration bypassed Congress to issue a directive that will cut children's health insurance funding in New York - at a time when residents and taxpayers can ill afford it. Report co-released by FPI, New York Children's Action Network and Medicaid Matters New York. Press release >>

2020-11-13T15:06:55-05:00May 6th, 2008|Federal Tax & Budget, Health Care, Press Releases, Social Policy, Tax & Budget|
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Is America becoming a lottery society?

April 1, 2008. An op-ed by FPI senior fellow David Dyssegaard Kallick, New York Metro. Is America Becoming a Lottery Society? David Dyssegaard Kallick Over the past few weeks Oregon, for the first time, started holding a series of highly unusual lotteries. Winners will get access to affordable health insurance. Losers won’t. It’s hard to know whether to laugh or cry at this plan. The premise is that there’s not enough to go around, so someone has to be left out. What do you want [...]

2021-11-10T23:06:24-05:00April 1st, 2008|Health Care, Letters, Social Policy|
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How to Reduce the Pressure on the Property Tax and Ease the Fiscal Burden on Struggling Local Governments

January 10, 2007. The four-part plan supported by FPI: implement a statewide solution to CFE; increase state's share of Medicaid and base counties' shares on ability to pay; restore commitment to revenue sharing; and eliminate the significant disparities in the STAR program. Prepared for the Center on Governmental Research conference on reforming property taxes in New York.

2020-11-13T15:06:56-05:00January 10th, 2007|Education, Health Care, Local Tax & Budget Policy, Reports, Briefs and Presentations, Social Policy, Tax & Budget|
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New York Makes Real Progress on Health Care Coverage

September 27, 2006. This issue of Fiscal Policy Note$ presents data showing that the portion of the state population without health insurance has fallen from 16.3% in 2000 to 13.5% in 2005. Nevertheless, there are still 2.6 million people in the state who have no health insurance. The share of private sector employees covered by health insurance continued to fall while the portion of the population covered by government programs in New York rose from 27% to 31%. Press release below. Two national reports were also [...]

2020-11-13T15:06:56-05:00September 26th, 2006|Health Care, Press Releases, Reports, Briefs and Presentations, Social Policy|
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Expand Programs Used to Determine Telephone Lifeline Eligibility

February 19, 2002.  Testimony of Trudi Renwick in  Proceeding on Motion of the Commission To Consider Cost Recovery by Verizon and to  Investigate the Future Regulatory Framework, Case 00-C-1945. This testimony focuses on a proposal to expand programs used to determine telephone lifeline eligibility to include EITC, school lunch and Child Health Plus.

2020-11-13T15:11:25-05:00February 19th, 2002|Health Care, Meeting Basic Needs, Social Policy, Testimony|
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