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Panel: Reform state Medicaid system

ALBANY - A panel charged with reforming the state's $53 billion Medicaid system recommended sweeping changes Thursday to health care for New York's poor and elderly, capping state spending, limiting medical malpractice damages and moving nearly all patients into managed care.

Long Island health providers were still digesting the surprise news that the Medicaid Redesign Team voted on its proposals...

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