Author Blog Health Justice Timothy Sweeney Medicaid Expansion Delivers Soaring Premium Tax Revenue From Increased Federal Funding March 7, 2014 / January 17, 2020 by Timothy Sweeney | 1 Comment on Medicaid Expansion Delivers Soaring Premium Tax Revenue From Increased Federal Funding Amidst the debate in the Georgia House over House Bill 990 this week, a representative questioned if new Medicaid expansion-related revenue from Georgia’s insurance premium tax can accurately be projected to offset the cost of enrolling more low-income people. I would like to tackle that question in this blog. This requires explaining some of the […] Read more »
Alan Essig Author Blog Budget and Taxes Health Justice False Choices Cloud Medicaid Expansion Debate March 3, 2014 / January 17, 2020 by Alan Essig | 1 Comment on 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 make Medicaid expansion more difficult are rushing through the Legislature, rationalized by claims that the […] Read more » State Budget
Author Blog Health Justice Timothy Sweeney Fact Check: Georgia Gets Money’s Worth from Medicaid February 26, 2014 / January 17, 2020 by Timothy Sweeney | 1 Comment on 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 and PeachCare. The two programs will combine to provide health coverage to more than 1.9 […] Read more »
Author Blog Health Justice Timothy Sweeney Medicaid Expansion Opposition Enters Absurd Territory February 25, 2014 / January 17, 2020 by Timothy Sweeney | 2 Comments on 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 approval before the governor could expand income eligibility thresholds for Medicaid. The second bill the […] Read more »
Author Blog Health Justice Timothy Sweeney Roadblock to Medicaid Expansion a Threat to Middle Georgia February 24, 2014 / January 17, 2020 by Timothy Sweeney As published in the Macon Telegraph on February 23, 2014. What would you think about a new state law that threatens to cost the 11-county Middle Georgia region 3,300 jobs and about $1.8 billion in federal funding over 10 years? What if at the same time, the Medical Center of Central Georgia – one of […] Read more »
Author Fact Sheets Health Justice Library Policy Areas Timothy Sweeney Medicaid Expansion Could Cover at Least Half of Working Age Adults in Most Georgia Counties February 21, 2014 / January 17, 2020 by Timothy Sweeney If you are an uninsured person who lives in Bibb County and earns less than $16,100, or are in a family of that makes less than $27,300 a year, you and about 52 percent of county residents like you could be eligible for Medicaid under new expansion guidelines. That’s if Georgia leaders choose to expand […] Read more »
Author Blog Health Justice Timothy Sweeney Opponents Inflate Cost of Medicaid Expansion in Georgia February 19, 2014 / January 16, 2020 by Timothy Sweeney | 2 Comments on Opponents Inflate Cost of Medicaid Expansion in Georgia Georgia lawmakers continue to overstate the cost of Medicaid expansion in the state as they press ahead with a new bill to hand the General Assembly control over the decision. Not only is the cost of expansion exaggerated, but also left out of the conversation is the substantial tax revenue that could be generated to […] Read more »
Author Fact Sheets Health Justice Library Policy Areas Timothy Sweeney Adding Up the Net Cost of Medicaid Expansion – $353 Million for 10 Years February 18, 2014 / January 17, 2020 by Timothy Sweeney If Georgia expands Medicaid today, more than $33 billion of new federal funding will flow to the state over the next 10 years, which would generate about $1.8 billion in new state revenue during the decade, according to forecasts from Gov. Nathan Deal’s office and a recent Georgia State University study. This new revenue would […] Read more »
Author Blog Health Justice Timothy Sweeney Why Erect New Barriers to Accessible Health Care? February 14, 2014 / January 15, 2020 by Timothy Sweeney | 4 Comments on Why Erect New Barriers to Accessible Health Care? Georgia lawmakers introduced a bill Tuesday as a snow storm closed in on the state that carries the potential to make it less likely 500,000 uninsured people will get better access to health care in the future. The bill, HB 990, would create a requirement that the state Legislature approve Medicaid expansion. Today the governor […] Read more »
Author Budget and Taxes Health Justice Library Policy Areas Reports Timothy Sweeney Overview: 2015 Fiscal Year for Medicaid and PeachCare January 22, 2014 / January 15, 2020 by Timothy Sweeney The governor’s budget proposal for the 2015 fiscal year adds a net increase of $143 million more than 2014 in new state money for Georgia’s Medicaid and PeachCare programs, which are administered by the Department of Community Health. The state plans to spend $2.9 billion to pay for health care services for nearly 1.9 million […] Read more » State Budget
