"The [New York Health Act (NYHA)] would create a state-sponsored single-payer health program called New York Health that would provide coverage to all residents of New York State.... [T]he authors estimate that the NYHA could expand coverage without substantial increases in overall health care spending: in the short term, health care spending would be relatively similar if administrative costs are reduced and would grow more slowly over the longer term than under the status quo if provider payment rates are restrained. However, the NYHA would require new taxes and shift financing among households and businesses."

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