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A new blog released by the Empire Center called, “Bending NY’s Medicaid curve,” shows that New York Medicaid spending per recipient has dropped from $10,684 to $8,731, or 18 percent, between 2010 and 2014, nearly twice the national average. The article attributes the Medicaid Redesign Team’s program changes and shift to managed care among the reasons for the decrease. To read the full article and learn more, click here: http://www.empirecenter.org/publications/bending-nys-medicaid-curve/.