Maya Kaufman
@mayakauf
Covering politics, policy and power in health care for @POLITICO New York. Send tips to [email protected] or mayakaufman.11 on Signal 🕵🏻
I spent nine months investigating the spending of the largest health care union in the U.S. What I found: 1199SEIU President George Gresham has for years used union money to benefit himself, his family and political allies. politico.com/news/2025/04/0…
'Over the next decade, the megabill Trump signed on July 4 would increase the federal deficit by $3.4 trillion and cause 10 million people to lose health insurance, the Congressional Budget Office forecasts.' @JAscholtes @rking_19 @ben_guggenheim politico.com/news/2025/07/2…
New for @nysfocus: Two companies managing NY's home health program could pocket millions 💰💰💰 meant for low-wage care aides every year. That's because they're offering "benefits" that many workers can't actually use, but are forced to pay for. nysfocus.com/2025/07/21/new…
NEW YORK — New York City’s largest private-sector union, 1199SEIU United Healthcare Workers East, voted Friday to endorse Zohran Mamdani for mayor. subscriber.politicopro.com/article/2025/0… w/ @mayakauf via @politico
Hochul faces perilous path on aid-in-dying legislation ow.ly/Omxn106g5X7
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NEW: Maria Perrin is set to resign as PPL's president amid the tumultuous CDPAP transition w/ @mayakauf subscriber.politicopro.com/article/2025/0…
NEWS: The U.S. health industry has a long record of revising or killing legislation that would hurt its bottom line. But this time, the GOP priority was the W for a president unabashed about threatening his own allies By @philgalewitz + @StephArmour1 kffhealthnews.org/news/article/t…
NEW: Maria Perrin is set to resign as PPL's president amid the tumultuous CDPAP transition w/ @mayakauf subscriber.politicopro.com/article/2025/0…
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New York will struggle to absorb Trump’s megabill cuts ow.ly/Wtmt106fpjh
Medicaid cuts will pummel NY jobs and health care. The Bronx could take the biggest hit. gothamist.com/news/medicaid-…
The largest Medicaid claims processor has built a large network engineers and analysts in India and rapidly increased hiring, despite state contracts requiring work be done in the US. @JohnDHolland22 and @cecelou18 report. news.bloomberglaw.com/health-law-and…
There's very little oversight on how local govts nationwide are spending billions in opioid settlement money. This newly released report from @NJComptroller is a rare exception. The office found @TownofIrvington "wasted" $600k+ on "awareness concerts." nj.gov/comptroller/re…
🚨 BREAKING: Without consulting health experts, public safety officials, or residents, Irvington leaders blew through $632,000 in #opioid settlement funds by holding two “awareness” concerts, an OSC investigation finds. nj.gov/comptroller/ne… 1/
How the GOP, behind closed doors, pushed through health industry fears and passed historic Medicaid cuts statnews.com/2025/07/08/tru…
A notable outlier here is New York-Presbyterian, which initiated a 2% layoff across its system (~1,000 employees) in May to reduce costs ahead of "anticipated challenges" with federal funding. @lawler4ny's district includes the system's Hudson Valley hospital.
A challenge for Ds who expect the passage of this bill to help them win elections is that it may take a while for people to feel the full negative effects. Rs front loaded some temporary tax cuts for working people and backloaded cuts to Medicaid to hit after the midterms.
People often describe the big health care lobbies as all-powerful. But they were largely ineffective this time.
The health policy reforms in OBBB required Congress to overcome fierce opposition from powerful health care special interest groups that profit from the status quo and lobby aggressively to preserve the flow of government subsidies into their coffers.
For the few years I've been covering jobs reports, and one sector typically rises above the rest, quietly hiring by the thousands: Health care. How taking care of humans became the biggest employer in America, and what it means for the rest of us. nytimes.com/interactive/20…