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Poor economy puts more New Yorkers on Medicaid
Quarter of state residents on program rolls
10:51 PM, Oct. 23, 2011  |   Comments

ALBANY -- Expansion of coverage and two recessions have bumped up the number of Medicaid recipients in New York nearly 82 percent since 2000, to 4.96 million, and the total is expected to eclipse five million by the end of the year.

New York's health-care program for the poor is the most expensive in the country and costs the federal, state and county governments roughly $53 billion a year. State officials began an initiative this year to rein in costs, but the need for services has continued to grow.

"If we haven't crossed the five million mark by now, we will by the end of the year," said Michael Birnbaum, vice president of the United Hospital Fund, an independent non-profit organization focused on New York's health care...............................>>>>...................>>>>..................http://www.theithacajournal.co.....Medicaid?odyssey=tab|topnews|text|Local%20News

...but there's new jobs in Schenectady, right?  And they pay enough to help remove people from the rolls of these government programs, right?  Oh, never mind...this is Schenectady.

NYS loooooooooooves it like this.......all the more the kings woods.....time to move out and let 'em hunt their own boar.....I QUIT!!!!

NYS has the best welfare program in the country....yes? Isn't that why they flock here?