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The Role of Trust Funds in MassHealth and Health Reform Spending: A Primer
This brief, produced by MMPI in partnership with the Massachusetts Budget and Policy Center and the Massachusetts Law Reform Institute, will supplement the MMPI budget analyses by providing information on trust funds that support health coverage programs in Massachusetts.
Budget Monitor: The FY 2014 Budget
All of the parts of the state’s FY 2014 budget are now in place. The budget includes new investments to fix and repair our state’s transportation system and to make higher education more affordable.
Health Care in the FY 2014 Budget
A new fact sheet, “Health Care in the FY 2014 Budget”, summarizes the budget’s impact on MassHealth (Medicaid) and other subsidized health coverage programs. The FY 2014 budget contains $13.32 billion in funding for MassHealth and other coverage programs, which represents an increase of 4.7 percent over current FY 2013 appropriations.
The Legislature’s Budget for FY 2014
The House and Senate have approved a budget, which means that most of the pieces of the FY 2014 budget are now in place. Most prominent among the investments is an effort to fix and repair our state’s transportation system. Beyond that, the investments tend to be modest, and narrowly targeted.
Health Care in the House and Senate Budget Proposals
This brief summarizes the House and Senate Fiscal Year (FY) 2014 budget proposals for MassHealth (Medicaid) and other subsidized health coverage programs. The House’s budget bill allocates $13.38 billion to these health care programs while the Senate bill allocates $13.45 billion. Both proposals are less than the Governor’s proposal of $13.6 billion. The House and Senate bills both reflect the significant changes to health care programs that will occur midway through the fiscal year, when central provisions of the federal Affordable Care Act take effect. This budget brief is the third in a series of FY 2014 reports describing the effect of various budget proposals on Health Care programs in Massachusetts. The briefs are produced by the Massachusetts Budget and Policy Center in partnership with the Massachusetts Law Reform Institute–and published by the Massachusetts Medicaid Policy Institute (MMPI).
Conference Preview: Differences between the Senate and House Budgets for FY 2014
Last week, the Senate finalized its budget proposal for FY 2014. Our “Conference Preview” describes the major differences between the Senate budget and the House version, in order to highlight the decisions that the upcoming House-Senate Conference Committee will face.
The Senate Ways & Means Budget for FY 2014
As was true for the House, the Senate Ways & Means proposal relies on some new money to help fix and improve our Transportation system. The other investments specified in the proposal are fairly narrow–largely because they are constrained by the limited amount of available revenue.
Comparing Revenue Proposals for Transportation, Education, and Other Investments
The Senate, the House, and the Governor have each proposed to raise new revenue to support some new investments. The House and Senate proposals focus largely on transportation. The Governor’s plan raises significantly more revenue to increase funding for college scholarship and early education & care, among other things.
The House FY 2014 Budget for Health Care
This brief describes the FY 2014 House proposal for MassHealth (Medicaid) and other subsidized health coverage programs. The House allocates $13.38 billion to these programs, about $221 million (1.6 percent) less than the Governor had proposed. As in the Governor’s budget, the House bill reflects the significant changes to health care programs that will occur midway through the fiscal year, when central provisions of the federal Affordable Care Act take effect. This brief is the second in a series of reports describing the effect of each budget proposal on Health Care programs in Massachusetts. The briefs are produced by the Massachusetts Budget and Policy Center in partnership with the Massachusetts Law Reform Institute–and published by the Massachusetts Medicaid Policy Institute (MMPI).
Law & Public Safety in the House Budget for FY 2014
Law & Public Safety programs help us keep our communities safe and our economy growing. The House budget proposal for FY 2014 would slightly reduce funding for those programs. That includes significant cuts to Indigent Defense and Shannon Grants, but also increases in other areas.
