Massachusetts Budget and Policy Center: Analyzing the Senate Ways and Means FY 2019 budget proposal
MassBudget Information. Participation. Massachusetts Budget and Policy Center Democracy. May 15, 2018 Analyzing the Senate Ways and Means FY 2019 budget proposal The Senate Ways and Means (SWM) Budget differs from the House budget only modestly: it makes somewhat larger investments in K-12 education, and provides less new funding for early education; it proposes to hold down pharmaceutical costs by allowing the Administration to negotiate rebates directly with the manufacturers, and sets a spending target; and it makes a few targeted new investments such as an initiative to improve or create accessible affordable housing units for renters with disabilities and an increase in funding for Regional Transit Authorities. The Massachusetts Budget and Policy Center's latest Budget Monitor finds that, in important ways, the SWM and House Budgets are very similar. Both includ...