2012 Fall Policy Forum

Georgia Budget & Policy Institute (GBPI) recently hosted its Fall Policy Forum, Expanding Health Coverage in Georgia.  If you were in attendance, thank you for your support, and we hope you found the presentations and panel discussion engaging and informative.

If you missed the forum, or would like a recap, please see below for a few highlights:

Agenda

• Fall Policy Forum:  Expanding Health Coverage in Georgia

Presentations

• Dr. Ben Sommers, Assistant Professor, Harvard School of Public Health
  Mortality and Access to Care Among Adults After State Medicaid Expansions

• Dr. Heidi Allen, Assistant Professor, Columbia University School of Social Work
  The Oregon Health Insurance Experiment: Evidence From the First Year

Media Coverage

• Georgia Health News | Experts: Medicaid expansion has good track record
• WABE 90.1 FM | Studies Show Medicaid Expansion Lowers Death Rates, Improves Health Outcomes 

Twitter Feed:  #covergeorgia

• Dr. Allen on health outcomes: Should we do better? Yes but it is hard w/ inequities & inadequacies in the system. #covergeorgia
• Dr Sommers: Expanding coverage benefits the state budget and providers who are providing uncompensated care . #covergeorgia
• Dr Allen: if you don’t have an expansion and other states do, I would worry about your health care workforce leaving the state #covergeorgia
• Health insurance should increase access to health care – not health, that’s up to providers and medicine says Dr. Allen #covergeorgia
• Allen: Good solid data evidence and a personal story or connection make the most compelling case for expansion #covergeorgia
• Great coverage on today’s @GaBudget Fall Policy forum: Experts: Medicaid expansion has good track record georgiahealthnews.com/2012/10/medica… #covergeorgia

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