Governor Hochul yesterday nominated Dr. James McDonald to be the state health commissioner. McDonald, who has served as acting commissioner since the beginning of the year, has his work cut out for him as he heads a department overseeing a proposed $215.6 billion in spending, including $196.4 billion in Medicaid, which underpins New York’s highest per capita health spending in the nation.
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