GBPI Director of Health Policy Tim Sweeney is quoted in Jay Bookman’s blog on Deal’s decision to reject Medicaid expansion for the state of Georgia. Read full article here.
Georgia’s reputation as a leader in early childhood education is slipping away. Despite an abundance of evidence that early learning is a key to success later in life, particularly for low-income and at-risk youth, recent spending cuts mean Georgia’s Pre-Kindergarten
Posted by Timothy Sweeney Despite Governor Deal’s recent comments indicating that he is unlikely to expand Medicaid, doing so remains Georgia’s best and most affordable option to make health insurance available to hundreds of thousands of Georgians who currently lack
GBPI Director of Health Policy Tim Sweeney is quoted in this article about Governor’s Deal’s decision to reassess Medicaid in the form of block grants. Read article here.
Georgia continues to gradually recover jobs lost during the Great Recession, according to recently released data from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Georgia kept pace with the national average in job growth over the past 12 month and created
GBPI Director of Health Policy Tim Sweeney is quoted on this article about the varying uninsured rates in Georgia amongst different counties. Read full article here.
GBPI Director of Health Policy Tim Sweeney responds to Governor Deal’s decision not to expand Medicaid under the Affordable Care Act. Read full article here.
Posted by Clare S. Richie The game of robbing Peter to pay Paul continues in Georgia. To keep one critical budget intact, the Department of Human Services (DHS) is proposing cuts to two other critical programs. In the end, everybody
GBPI Executive Director Alan Essig is quoted in this article about federal cuts to the state budget. Read full article here.
Another round of damaging cuts to schools, health care, public safety and other vital services is looming unless the governor and General Assembly take a balanced approach to the state’s ongoing budget crisis, one that includes additional revenue. Despite four
The Georgia Department of Human Services has clarified that SNAP recipients can use their EBT card with any unspent SNAP benefits in November.
However, as DHS reported before, the November SNAP benefits will be suspended until federal funds are available.
If you are in need of food, you can find a local food bank here.
Submit public comment on Georgia’s Pathways to Coverage program extension by February 20th – just complete this easily fillable form:
