State budget: the health care prescription
For health care, about 75 percent of proposed cuts in reimbursements to hospitals and nursing homes were restored.
The Legislature approved many of the governor's initiatives for obesity prevention, expanding home health care, preventive care and providing insurance coverage for needy children.
The Berger Commission's proposed privatization of the State University of New York's Upstate Medical University Hospital in Syracuse was not considered as part of the budget deal.
See related article: UUP presses campaign for Upstate Medical
State Budget 2007-08
- Budget reflects commitment and compromise
- More charter schools, with limits and reforms
- Budget funds may be used to increase full-time faculty
- UUP presses campaign for Upstate Medical
- State budget: the health care prescription
- President's Perspective: Kudos all around
- School aid profile: Your district's funding data for 2007-08