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Transparency and Openness in Government and Public Policy
...this Commentary is more of a rumination about the challenges of creating not only transparency but “openness”...
Paul Francis
Apr 8, 2024

California Dreaming and the MCO Tax - Addendum
The purposes of this Addendum to my March 19 Commentary titled California Dreaming and the MCO Tax are to ...
Paul Francis
Mar 26, 2024

California Dreaming and the MCO Tax
The Health section of the one-house budgets the Senate and Assembly released last week upended the usual pattern.
Paul Francis
Mar 19, 2024

An Analysis of the FY 25 Executive Budget and Legislative Proposals for Financially Distressed Hospitals
Funding for financially distressed hospitals is one of the two “burning houses” in the FY 25 Health budget...
Paul Francis
Mar 14, 2024

A Review of the Managed Long-Term Care Issues in the FY 25 Executive Budget
Governor Kathy Hochul introduced her Executive Budget for State fiscal year 2024-25 (FY 25) on January 16, 2024...
Paul Francis with Sally Dreslin and Adrienne Anderson
Feb 21, 2024

Analyzing Complex Public Policy Issues
I want to use the analysis of this proposal as an example to describe the process of analyzing complex public policy issues.
Paul Francis
Feb 21, 2024

The Dynamics of the New York State Budget Process
What I want to talk about today is the dynamics of the Budget process...
Paul Francis
Feb 6, 2024

Over-Engineering Against Risk
Governor Kathy Hochul presented the FY 25 Executive Budget for State fiscal year 2024-25 on Tuesday in Albany.
Paul Francis
Jan 31, 2024

Using Health Data and Information to Better Measure the Affordability of Healthcare
The lack of comprehensive health data, information, and policy analysis infrastructure in New York hampers the ability of policymakers to...
Sally Dreslin & Adrienne Anderson
Jan 25, 2024

Commentary #5: Week of January 15th, 2024
Governor Kathy Hochul presented the FY 25 Executive Budget for State fiscal year 2024-25 on Tuesday in Albany.
Paul Francis
Jan 19, 2024
S2P 2024 State of the State Brief
...we were very pleased to see the number of proposals in the 2024 State of the State (SOS) that dovetail well with our areas of interest...
Paul Francis
Jan 12, 2024

Commentary #4: Week of January 8th, 2024
In the Health sector, the most significant announcement in the SOS was that the State has received approval from CMS of its 1115 waiver...
Paul Francis
Jan 12, 2024

The Challenge of Financially Distressed Hospitals in New York
Technology and medical progress are disrupting the hospital industry, enabling more procedures to be performed outside of the hospital...
Paul Francis with Sally Dreslin and Adrienne Anderson
Dec 29, 2023

Commentary #3: Week of December 25th, 2023
We think it’s important to understand the background of the increasing numbers of financially distressed hospitals in New York...
Paul Francis
Dec 29, 2023

Commentary #2: Week of December 18th, 2023
Here is a preview of our theory of the case, which we will set forth in a fair amount of depth next week.
Paul Francis
Dec 21, 2023

Commentary #1: Week of December 11th, 2023
This is the first of what I hope will become more frequent updates on issues of interest to the Step Two Policy Project (S2P) readership.
Paul Francis
Dec 14, 2023

Categories of Health Data and Information
Health Data and Information Series #2
Step Two Policy Project
Dec 14, 2023

Maximizing Federal Healthcare Shortage Designations
Increasing Access to Care for Individuals with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities in New York This document was prepared by...
Sally Dreslin & Adrienne Anderson
Nov 27, 2023
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