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False Choices Cloud Medicaid Expansion Debate

Who says Georgia can’t have first-rate schools, a quality health care system and a public safety net that offers support to some of the most vulnerable Georgians? Some state leaders who oppose Medicaid expansion in Georgia, that’s who. Bills to

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Fact Check: Georgia Gets Money’s Worth from Medicaid

It’s frustrating to hear the cost-effectiveness of Georgia’s existing Medicaid program bashed as opponents of eligibility expansion stretch for reasons to justify legislation rushing through the General Assembly this year. Georgia gets a great value from its investment in Medicaid

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Analyze Incentives Before Giving Tax Breaks

As published in the Atlanta Journal-Constitution A while back, my wife and I got word that Scarlett Johansson and Ryan Reynolds were taking a break from filming to eat at an Atlanta restaurant near our home. Like any rational human

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Medicaid Expansion Opposition Enters Absurd Territory

Georgia’s House Judiciary Committee this week gave approval to a puzzling one-two punch of legislation aimed at distancing the state from expanding Medicaid eligibility. House Bill 990 seems straight forward enough. It attempts to require the General Assembly to give

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