Obesity rates in New York State and the nation have jumped sharply in recent decades. Childhood obesity, in particular, has become much more common – nearly tripling nationwide since 1980.
Asthma is a major public health problem in New York State and nationally.
Medicaid provides health insurance coverage to more than 6 million New Yorkers and is projected to cost a total of $62 billion from federal, State and local sources in State Fiscal Year 2016.
New York’s Medicaid program is undergoing major changes, with ambitious plans for further modifications just ahead. The State’s efforts to slow spending growth are showing measurable progress, with average beneficiary costs declining while enrollment continues to grow.
The State Health Innovation Plan, New York’s roadmap for achieving the “Triple Aim” of better care, better population health and lower health care costs, describes the prevalence of diabetes as “arguably our biggest looming health challenge.”
It seems that every community in New York State is experiencing the heartbreak of lives lost to prescription opioid abuse and heroin addiction.
Every day, New York City’s eight million residents face a mix of urban noise—street traffic, construction, emergency vehicles, buses, subways and air traffic are just a few examples—which, at best, poses an annoyance and, at worst, impacts quality of life.
The New York State Health Insurance Program (NYSHIP), administered by the State Department of Civil Service (Civil Service), is one of the nation’s largest public sector health insurance programs. NYSHIP covers over 1.2 million active and retired State, local government and school district employees, and their dependents.
New York State has a proud history of working to make health insurance coverage as widely available as possible, to promote public health and improve New Yorkers’ quality of life.
Absent Congressional action, significant revisions to federal tax and spending policies are scheduled to take effect in January 2013.
