Author Blog Health Justice Timothy Sweeney U.S. Census: Health Care Access for Georgians Among the Worst in U.S. September 18, 2013 / January 15, 2020 by Timothy Sweeney Georgia continues to rank near the bottom for access to health insurance and the growth in Georgia’s uninsured rate continues to outpace national averages, according to a new U.S. Census Bureau report this week. These rankings reflect more than a decade of failed health care policy in Georgia that increased barriers to enrollment in public […] Read more »
Author Blog Health Justice Timothy Sweeney Michigan Poised to Join 24 States Embracing Medicaid Expansion August 28, 2013 / January 15, 2020 by Timothy Sweeney Yet another state with a GOP governor is moving forward with a bipartisan plan to take advantage of billions of new federal dollars to extend health coverage to its uninsured people. News stories in recent days say Michigan is poised to become the twenty-fifth state to move forward with Medicaid Expansion and would be at […] Read more »
Author Blog Health Justice Timothy Sweeney Health Insurance Marketplace No Substitute for Medicaid Expansion August 9, 2013 / January 16, 2020 by Timothy Sweeney You may have seen recent published claims that Georgians left without health insurance as a result of the state’s failure to expand Medicaid can simply get no-cost coverage through the new Health Insurance Marketplace. Not so fast. First, let’s be clear about what needs to be solved. Lack of health coverage is a huge problem […] Read more » Affordable Care Act health medicaid Medicaid Expansion Tim Sweeney
Author Blog Health Justice Timothy Sweeney Report: Medicaid Expansion Good for Georgia Workers July 19, 2013 / January 15, 2020 by Timothy Sweeney | 2 Comments on Report: Medicaid Expansion Good for Georgia Workers Expanding Medicaid eligibility to cover more uninsured adults beginning in 2014 would benefit Georgians from all walks of life, urban and rural, older and younger adults, and hundreds of thousands of workers without coverage. A new “HealthVoices” report from the Healthcare Georgia Foundation analyzes the demographics of Georgians who could get new eligibility for coverage […] Read more » health Medicaid Expansion Tim Sweeney
Author Budget Primer Health Justice Library Policy Areas Reports Timothy Sweeney GBPI 2014 Primer: Health Care July 9, 2013 / April 14, 2020 by Timothy Sweeney Georgia is budgeting about $4 billion for health care in 2014, the second largest category of state investment. More than half of that is for Medicaid and PeachCare. People enrolled in the Aged, Blind, Disabled Medicaid program account for the bulk of the spending. The health care section also explains that if Georgia expands Medicaid […] Read more »
Author Blog Health Justice Timothy Sweeney Georgia can blaze own path to expand Medicaid coverage June 24, 2013 / January 15, 2020 by Timothy Sweeney | 2 Comments on Georgia can blaze own path to expand Medicaid coverage The Atlanta Journal-Constitution features Georgia Budget and Policy Institute’s Director of Health Policy Timothy Sweeney’s op-ed on Medicaid expansion in Georgia. As published in the Atlanta Journal-Constitution (subscription) Rather than continuing to flatly say “No” to more than half a million Georgians who could gain health insurance through expansion of Medicaid, Gov. Nathan Deal should […] Read more »
Author Fact Sheets Featured Health Justice Library Timothy Sweeney Georgia Veterans Would Gain Health Coverage Through Expansion May 20, 2013 / January 15, 2020 by Timothy Sweeney If Georgia expands Medicaid in 2014, nearly 25,000 uninsured veterans and 7,000 of their spouses could get health coverage. That could mean nearly 45 percent of Georgia’s uninsured veterans and more than one-quarter of their uninsured spouses could get health coverage. Download the fact sheet. Read more »
Author Blog Health Justice Timothy Sweeney New Study Shows Significant Benefits for Medicaid Expansion, Contrary to Opponents’ Claims May 3, 2013 / January 17, 2020 by Timothy Sweeney Opponents of Medicaid expansion are misrepresenting the findings of a new study to argue that Georgia and other states shouldn’t extend this vital health coverage to more people without health insurance. Contrary to what some in the anti-expansion camp argue, the study – which updates findings from an earlier look at how Medicaid benefited some […] Read more »
Author Blog Health Justice Timothy Sweeney Medicaid Funding Shortfall Still Looms April 8, 2013 / January 17, 2020 by Timothy Sweeney The General Assembly renewed the state’s hospital provider fee to fund Medicaid in the early weeks of the 2013 session.The fee was set to expire this June. By renewing the fee four more years, Georgia’s lawmakers continue a vitally import source of revenue. The fee raises money that will pay doctors, hospitals and other providers […] Read more »
Blog Medicaid Expansion Holds Promise of Health Care for Georgia Veterans March 20, 2013 / January 15, 2020 by Timothy Sweeney If you’re like most people, you probably assume that anyone who served honorably in the United States military won’t need to worry about doctor bills after they resume civilian life. That assumption is false. The fact is not all veterans are eligible for Veterans Administration health services and many more don’t live close enough to […] Read more »
