Why is Health Care in New York So Unaffordable and What Can be Done to Fix It?

Policy Brief | Feb. 2025

Why is Health Care in New York So Unaffordable and What Can be Done to Fix It?

Mia Wagner, Carrie Tracy, Elisabeth Ryden Benjamin

Summary:

This paper describes the drivers of New York’s high-priced health system and outlines promising policy options that can help mitigate its health care affordability, equity, and access predicament.

Issues: Access to Health Care

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