Medicaid Expansions

New York State Health Foundation funded a series of analyses to help the New York State Department of Health's Office of Health Insurance Programs find ways to streamline and expand its public health insurance programs.

New York State Health Foundation funded a series of analyses to help the New York State Department of Health's Office of Health Insurance Programs find ways to streamline and expand its public health insurance programs.

Some policymakers have recommended the use of block grants (or other capped funding arrangements) to limit federal Medicaid spending and give states more flexibility within their Medicaid programs.

This issue brief explores whether the subsidies available through the Affordable Care Act are enough to make health insurance affordable for low-income families.

The law will allow the state's 48 nondesignated public hospitals (NDPHs) to raise $33 million in funds for the state's Medicaid program (MediCal) through intergovernmental transfers (IGTs).