healthcare
Albany Wavers on Shutting Down a Medicaid Racket
As Washington threatens to crack down on fraud and abuse in New York’s Medicaid program, state legislators are doing their best to demonstrate why federal intervention is needed. A glitch in the state’s “surprise billing” law…
Getting to the Bottom of the 340B Drug Discount Boondoggle
Some of New York’s largest and most prosperous hospitals are reporting rapidly growing amounts of revenue from pharmacy sales – most of it apparently flowing from a controversial drug discount program known as 340B. The…
Ideas for Cleaning Up New York Medicaid
As the Trump administration cracks down on fraud, waste and abuse in Medicaid, New York is a logical place to start. New York spends far more per capita on the safety-net health plan than any other state, and its enrollment…
The Bottom Line of Hochul’s Essential Plan Overhaul
Now that New York has won partial federal approval for overhauling its Essential Plan, it’s worth being clear about what the state is doing and why. The redesign sought by Governor Hochul is not primarily about “preserving…
Opinion piece: RGF opinion piece: Medical malpractice success a win, but more needed
The following appeared in the Albuquerque Journal on March 2nd, 2026 and in other newspapers across New Mexico. The passage of medical malpractice reform is the most important public policy success in New Mexico in more than…
RGF Freedom Index Results Finalized
As we have done for more than a decade, the Rio Grande Foundation has tracked the votes in New Mexico’s legislative sessions. The 2026 session was a short, 30-day legislative session, but some momentous bills passed (for…
Hochul continues to bribe Big Health with reckless Medicaid spending
For the fourth year in a row, Gov. Kathy Hochul has used the word “unsustainable” to describe her own Medicaid budget. Give her credit for honesty — but not sound fiscal management. Over the four annual budgets on her watch,…
West Virginia’s hospital debate is missing a key piece of the financial picture
Debates over hospital policy in West Virginia usually follow a familiar pattern. Hospital systems warn that their finances are weak. Industry groups say they have too many patients with government insurance. Certificate of…
Hammond Calls for Restraint on Medicaid Spending
Albany, N.Y. — The state and its taxpayers cannot afford to allow Medicaid spending to keep growing at five times the inflation rate, the Empire Center’s Bill Hammond warns in testimony to be delivered today to the Joint…
The Hidden Economics of Drug Pricing
Watch for the episode to go live here on Thursday, January 29th at 3:00 PM MST. This month’s Frontier Briefing features a conversation with Antonio Ciaccia, CEO of 46brooklyn Research and President of 3Axis Advisors, on the…
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