July 11, 2024
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A Closer Look at $4 Billion in State Capital Grants to Health Providers by Bill Hammond The state has awarded $4.3 billion in health-care capital grants over the past decade, with a disproportionate share flowing to upstate providers, Health Department records show. The department provided records of grants issued under eight capital programs in response to a Freedom of Information Law request by the Empire Center. Today, the Empire Center is releasing a database of those records, which is available below and as part of the center’s “Data & Statistics” library. Capital funding is meant to support long-term expenses, such as buildings and equipment, and comes on top of the tens of billions per year that the state spends on the health-care industry’s operating costs through Medicaid and other programs. |