Editorial: Closing Medicaid gap with several strategies that could make a difference

A story in The Buffalo News last week examined some slimming suggestions for New York State’s massive Medicaid program. Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo this year appointed a new Medicaid Redesign Team, which includes Erie County Medical Center President and CEO Thomas Quatroche Jr., to come up with a plan to find $2.5 billion in savings to help close the $6.1 deficit in Cuomo’s proposed budget for fiscal year 2021, which begins April 1.