
Maya Kaufman
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Covering politics, policy and power in health care for @POLITICO New York. Send tips to [email protected] or mayakaufman.11 on Signal 🕵🏻
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There's very little oversight on how local govts nationwide are spending billions in opioid settlement money. This newly released report from Kevin Walsh is a rare exception. The office found Irvington Township "wasted" $600k+ on "awareness concerts." nj.gov/comptroller/re…

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. john holland and Celine Castronuovo report. news.bloomberglaw.com/health-law-and…




NEW: Maria Perrin is set to resign as PPL's president amid the tumultuous CDPAP transition w/ Maya Kaufman 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 Phil Galewitz + Stephanie Armour kffhealthnews.org/news/article/t…

Got more information about the leadership changes at PPL? My DMs are open. Tips are confidential. cc CDPAANYS CIDNY NY Caring Majority 🍎 Medicaid Matters New York Gustavo Rivera James Skoufis #cdpap



New for New York Focus: 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…

'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.' Jennifer Scholtes Robert King Benjamin Guggenheim politico.com/news/2025/07/2…

Spending the day listening and learning at United Hospital Fund #UHFMedicaid2025. If you’re here, please come say hello!


President Donald Trump overruled HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and FDA Commissioner Marty Makary, ordering the removal of top FDA vaccine regulator Vinay Prasad. w/ Lauren Gardner: politico.com/news/2025/07/3…


More on this from Katelyn Cordero here: subscriber.politicopro.com/article/2025/0…