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Budget must do much more to “close the coverage gap”

Budget must do much more to “close the coverage gap”

“Close the coverage gap” means something different to people with low income.New York lawmakers must ensure this year’s budget goes beyond what institutions need to provide for the needs of the people who rely on Medicaid to keep them healthy and well.Download this...

Medicaid Matters issues annual budget checklist

Medicaid Matters issues annual budget checklist

Every year, as the state budget process reaches the stage of negotiating a final budget, Medicaid Matters issues its Consumer Checklist as a way to remind the Governor and the Legislature of the issues of importance to people served by Medicaid in this year’s budget....

This year’s budget must enact the I/DD Ombuds Program

This year’s budget must enact the I/DD Ombuds Program

Medicaid Matters and advocacy partners are circulating a new memo to urge the Governor and Legislature to provide independent, individual advocacy assistance services for people with intellectual/developmental disabilities (I/DD) in this year's final budget. People...

Budget testimony delivered to Legislature

Budget testimony delivered to Legislature

As part of New York's annual budget process, Medicaid Matters submitted testimony to the Joint Legislative Budget hearings on Health/Medicaid and Mental Hygiene. Medicaid Matters Coordinator, Lara Kassel, delivered testimony in person at the Health/Medicaid hearing on...

New York needs #Coverage4All!

New York needs #Coverage4All!

Medicaid Matters has joined the #Coverage4All campaign and Health Care for All New York to call on state policymakers to include an affordable public coverage option for all New Yorkers, regardless of immigration status, in this year's budget. Find our joint flier...

Medicaid Matters urges delay of Medicaid pharmacy transition

Medicaid Matters urges delay of Medicaid pharmacy transition

Medicaid Matters New York has issued the following statement urging the Hochul administration to delay the implementation of the Medicaid pharmacy transition from managed care to fee for service: As a statewide coalition of organizations and individuals representing...

Advocates denounce Adams plan on involuntary commitment

Advocates denounce Adams plan on involuntary commitment

Medicaid Matters New York has joined the New York Association for Psychiatric Rehabilitation Service (NYAPRS), dozens of other New York advocacy voices, and the Bazelon Center for Mental Health Law to denounce New York City Mayor Eric Adams' plan to increase...

Advocates call on Governor to repeal Medicaid asset test

Advocates call on Governor to repeal Medicaid asset test

Medicaid Matters has joined several other advocacy groups to urge Governor Hochul to include repeal of the Medicaid asset test for people with disabilities and older adults in her 2023-24 Executive Budget. Our letter to the Governor is linked here. The letter calls...