The Garden State is near the bottom nationally for its ratio of primary care docs to residents, and New Jersey ranks 48th out of 50 in primary care spending.
Large companies whose workers get health coverage through Medicaid rather than through their employer would have to start paying the state an annual "corporate responsibility fee" under Gov. Phil Murphy’s budget proposal.
State is being pressed to increase Medicare and Medicaid reimbursements along with the $15 minimum wage, or patients will pay more or providers could close.