Medicaid programs will be under substantial pressure to adapt to federal health policy reforms in the One Big Beautiful Bill Act. In a new analysis, Rockefeller Institute Senior Fellow for Health Policy Courtney Burke and United Hospital Fund (UHF) President & CEO Oxiris Barbot explore how changes to how New York State administers its Medicaid program may help it meet this challenging moment. The analysis, which builds on comparative research conducted by the Institute and two events held collaboratively by the Institute and UHF this summer, highlights six areas for potential Medicaid administration improvements. Continue Reading...
Among the programs impacted by changes to federal health policy is New York State's 1115 Medicaid waiver. This analysis details these impacts and highlights areas where, in its waiver renewal process, the State might realign the waiver with the federal government's policy goals.Continue Reading...
While the Trump administration considers rescheduling cannabis from a Schedule I to a Schedule III drug, another plant is under scrutiny: kratom. Rockefeller Institute Director of Operations and Fellow Heather Trela outlines the patchwork of state and local regulations that have popped up in the absence of federal action. Continue Reading...
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