The Poughkeepsie Journal reports:
New York locks up seven times the number of people with lifelong brain disorders such as Down syndrome as the average of 11 other states, putting the state far ahead of what some see as a troubling trend, according to a Poughkeepsie Journal survey.
Why would a "compassionate" blue state like New York do this?:
The Medicaid reimbursement rate for New York's nine institutions for the developmentally disabled is $4,556 per person per day, paid half each by the state and federal government. The average of the other states surveyed was a fraction of New York's: $703.
Imagine that.
