Author Blog Health Justice John McCosh Past Events GBPI Forum Speakers Make Closing Case for Medicaid Expansion November 1, 2013 / January 17, 2020 by John McCosh A gathering of health care experts urged Georgia lawmakers to embrace Medicaid expansion Thursday at GBPI’s Fall Policy Forum, telling the audience of about 150 people the state stands to reap huge social and economic benefits in 2014. It is important for Georgia to get past political considerations that stand in the way of embracing […] Read more »
Author Health Justice Library Policy Areas Presentations Timothy Sweeney Medicaid Expansion: Addressing Health Disparities and Improving Access to Care November 1, 2013 / January 17, 2020 by Timothy Sweeney Presentation: Tim Sweeney, Director of Health Policy, Georgia Budget & Policy InstituteOctober 31, 2013 | The Carter Center | 2013 Fall Policy Forum Download the presentation. Read more »
Author Fact Sheets Health Justice Library Policy Areas Timothy Sweeney Rural Georgians Stand to Benefit Most from Medicaid Expansion November 1, 2013 / January 17, 2020 by Timothy Sweeney More than 140,000 uninsured Georgians in rural communities could get health coverage through Medicaid in 2014 if Georgia expands eligibility. That is about half of all uninsured adults under 65 in Georgia’s 109 rural counties. Download the fact sheet. Read more »
Author Blog Health Justice Timothy Sweeney Medicaid Expansion Could Close Coverage Gap for 409,000 Georgians October 22, 2013 / January 17, 2020 by Timothy Sweeney A new report from the Kaiser Family Foundation provides the latest evidence of the importance of expanding Medicaid in Georgia. According to the report, more than 409,000 Georgians who could otherwise get health coverage through expanded Medicaid will instead remain uninsured, or stuck in a “coverage gap” created by the state’s refusal to expand eligibility. […] Read more »
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 »
