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In today’s CapCon, New York dropped its approved changes to health insurance rates Friday and only one company is getting what it asked for. Health plans say the new rates don’t reflect the reality of health care costs.
Then, David Greenfield from the Met Council, a community-based organization, joins us for a CapCon Q&A on New York’s request of the federal government to extend a Medicaid social needs program.
Later, a new bill seeks to require state lawmakers to verbally disclose when parts of what they say on the floor of either chamber was generated using AI.
Plus, Hochul will soon have to make a decision on a bill that would protect doctors from liability related to vaccines now that the state’s recommendations differ from those of the federal government.
Names in today’s CapCon: David Greenfield, Kathy Hochul, Eric Linzer, Donald Trump, Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., Sam Pirozzolo, James McDonald, Linda Rosenthal, Michelle Hinchey
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