Medicaid costs
Medicaid costs continue to be a significant burden on counties in NY State. As an expert on Medicaid funding, you have been asked to:
Write a report for Rensselaer County about their increasing Medicaid Costs.
Give a brief overview of how Medicaid works in New York and explain the causes of recent increases.
Suggest two ways they could attempt to reduce costs.
Give an explanation of policy changes they could lobby the state government to enact or examples of successful programs that have been used to reduce costs in other counties or states.