New York State

Achieving affordable, high quality health care for New Yorkers

The State of New York has begun to reform the State's health care delivery system and expand health insurance coverage in the State. Legislation enacted this year will control the growth rate of Medicaid spending, reallocate funding based on patient care priorities and provide incentives to improve patient outcomes. Additional measures have been enacted to expand eligibility under the Child Health Plus program to 400% of the federal poverty level, to streamline enrollment in all publicly sponsored health insurance programs and to allow employers to participate in the Family Health Plus program. The State is interested in proposals that build on these initiatives for achieving health system reform, increasing access to health insurance coverage and determining ways that universal coverage can be achieved.