Author Budget and Taxes Health Justice Reports Timothy Sweeney Overview: Georgia’s 2014 Fiscal Year for Department of Community Health February 6, 2013 / January 15, 2020 by Timothy Sweeney Department of Community Health Plan Underfunds Medicaid The governor’s budget recommendations may not include enough funding to cover the health care needs of Georgia’s growing population in the next two years. Because the original 2013 budget fails to include enough money to pay for new Medicaid and PeachCare patients expected to enroll this year, new […] Read more » Medicaid Expansion State Budget Tim Sweeney
Author Fact Sheets Health Justice Timothy Sweeney The Facts About Georgia’s Hospital Provider Fee and Why Allowing it to Expire Would be a Mistake January 31, 2013 / January 17, 2020 by Timothy Sweeney The Georgia hospital provider fee, or Medicaid assessment, expires on June 30, 2013. The following answers to some frequently asked questions will help you understand the fee’s purpose and the ramifications if lawmakers allow it expire. Download the fact sheet. Read more » health Tim Sweeney
Blog Health Justice Timothy Sweeney Republican Governors Warming Up to Medicaid, What About Georgia? January 17, 2013 / January 17, 2020 by Timothy Sweeney In this week’s State of the State address, Gov. Nathan Deal reiterated his opposition to using Medicaid to expand access to health coverage in Georgia, even as several other Republican governors recently expressed intentions to take advantage of the substantial new federal resources for their health care systems. To be clear, the state of health […] Read more » health Medicaid Expansion Tim Sweeney
Blog Health Justice Timothy Sweeney If Not Medicaid Expansion, What is the Plan? January 16, 2013 / January 17, 2020 by Timothy Sweeney Posted by Timothy Sweeney Gov. Nathan Deal announced today, in no uncertain terms, that he intends to leave half-a-million Georgians without health insurance, even though the state has an affordable way to get them coverage. By strongly reiterating his opposition to expanding Medicaid, he practically guaranteed that Georgia will remain stuck with a substandard health […] Read more » health Medicaid Expansion Tim Sweeney
Author Blog Health Justice Timothy Sweeney GBPI Joins Cover Georgia to Urge Health Care Expansion January 10, 2013 / January 17, 2020 by Timothy Sweeney Posted by Timothy Sweeney The Georgia Budget and Policy Institute today joined doctors, hospitals, patients and other nonprofits to announce Cover Georgia, a new coalition of more than 40 organizations working together to urge state officials to bring health coverage to hundreds of thousands of Georgians and boost Georgia’s economy by expanding Medicaid. Nearly two […] Read more » health Tim Sweeney
Blog Health Justice Timothy Sweeney More evidence that expanding Medicaid is an offer Georgia shouldn’t refuse November 27, 2012 / January 17, 2020 by Timothy Sweeney Posted by Timothy Sweeney Fully implementing health care reform in Georgia would extend insurance coverage to more than 1 million Georgians — including 700,000 by just expanding Medicaid. The cost to the state? A mere 1 percent bump in overall spending over 10 years. Those figures, from a new Urban Institute study, are a timely […] Read more »
Blog Health Justice Timothy Sweeney Health care, politics don’t mix November 16, 2012 / January 17, 2020 by Timothy Sweeney Posted by Timothy Sweeney The Atlanta Journal-Constitution features Georgia Budget and Policy Institute’s Director of Health Policy Timothy Sweeney Op-ed on health care reform in Georgia following the election. As published by the Atlanta Journal-Constitution Rather than continue the political debate over the Affordable Care Act, Georgia’s leaders should seize the opportunity it offers to […] Read more » Affordable Care Act health medicaid Medicaid Expansion
Blog Health Justice Timothy Sweeney The countdown has begun November 16, 2012 / January 17, 2020 by Timothy Sweeney | 1 Comment on The countdown has begun Posted by Timothy Sweeney The countdown has begun: Now that the election is over comes news that what had been one of the staunchest anti-health reform governors in the nation – Florida’s Rick Scott – has softened his stance on the implementation of Obamacare in his state. Back in June, Governor Scott flatly declared, “We’re […] Read more » Alan Essig health Medicaid Expansion
Health Justice Press Press Releases & Statements Timothy Sweeney Georgia Should Move Forward to Bring Affordable Health Care to the Hundreds of Thousands of Uninsured Georgians November 8, 2012 / January 17, 2020 by Timothy Sweeney | 1 Comment on Georgia Should Move Forward to Bring Affordable Health Care to the Hundreds of Thousands of Uninsured Georgians GBPI Director of Health Policy Timothy Sweeney releases the following statement in response to the election and moving Medicaid expansion. With the election decided, it is now clear that the nation’s health reform law – the Affordable Care Act – is here to stay. That’s great news for Georgians who have already begun to benefit from […] Read more » Affordable Care Act health medicaid Medicaid Expansion Tim Sweeney
Blog Health Justice Timothy Sweeney Guest Blogger: Dr. Heidi Allen | Expanding Health Coverage in Georgia October 16, 2012 / January 15, 2020 by Timothy Sweeney | 1 Comment on Guest Blogger: Dr. Heidi Allen | Expanding Health Coverage in Georgia On Friday, October 19, GBPI will host its Fall Policy Forum, Expanding Health Coverage in Georgia, to discuss the benefits of the Medicaid expansion under the Affordable Care Act. Attendees will hear from two nationally renowned health care policy experts who recently authored groundbreaking studies that highlight the substantial benefits of Medicaid coverage: Dr. Heidi […] Read more »
