Senator O'Mara's weekly column 'From the Capitol' ~ for the week of October 24, 2016 ~ 'A claim being processed every eight seconds'

Many state fiscal experts point to New York's ongoing effort to redesign Medicaid as the cornerstone of recent state budgets. We've taken some important and meaningful steps since 2011 -- including a state takeover of the growth in local Medicaid costs -- but we have to consider going even further.