Blog Health Justice Timothy Sweeney The Atlanta Journal-Constitution Features GBPI Op-ed: Law vital to health system April 5, 2012 / January 17, 2020 by Timothy Sweeney As posted in the Atlanta Journal-Constitution By Timothy Sweeney Last week’s Supreme Court arguments over the Affordable Care Act obscured a key fact: People in Georgia and nationwide are already getting better care under the law. Millions more will benefit in years to come if it stands. If it doesn’t, we’ll be right back where […] Read more » Affordable Care Act Atlanta Journal-Constitution Blog health Op-Ed Tim Sweeney
Blog Timothy Sweeney The Best is Yet to Come – Affordable Care Act Will Offer More Coverage Options in 2014 March 29, 2012 / January 17, 2020 by Timothy Sweeney | 1 Comment on The Best is Yet to Come – Affordable Care Act Will Offer More Coverage Options in 2014 Over the past few days, we’ve documented the many benefits that national health care reform has already brought to Georgia. If the Supreme Court upholds the law, Georgians will see a substantial increase in the benefits when the law is fully implemented in 2014. More families and individuals will have access to affordable health coverage […] Read more » Affordable Care Act Blog health medicaid Tim Sweeney
Blog Health Justice Timothy Sweeney Long-term Health Care Improves Under the Affordable Care Act March 28, 2012 / January 17, 2020 by Timothy Sweeney | 3 Comments on Long-term Health Care Improves Under the Affordable Care Act Posted by: Timothy Sweeney As a result of the Affordable Care Act, Georgians with long-term health care needs will be more self-sufficient and receive more services in their homes and their communities. Since hospitals, nursing homes and other institutions cost more than home or community care, health reform is also a great deal for Georgia […] Read more » Affordable Care Act Blog health Tim Sweeney
Blog Health Justice Timothy Sweeney Health Care Overhaul is Good for Georgians with Pre-existing Conditions March 27, 2012 / January 16, 2020 by Timothy Sweeney | 3 Comments on Health Care Overhaul is Good for Georgians with Pre-existing Conditions While many provisions of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) haven’t taken effect yet, it’s clear the federal overhaul that changes how this nation handles health care is already paying big benefits to Georgians. In light of the second anniversary of the federal law, a new GBPI report highlights several ways Georgians are benefitting from the […] Read more » Affordable Care Act Blog health Tim Sweeney
Blog Budget and Taxes Wesley Tharpe Tax Bill Takes Small Steps in the Right Direction March 23, 2012 / March 18, 2021 by Wesley Tharpe | 2 Comments on Tax Bill Takes Small Steps in the Right Direction More Work Needed to Achieve Comprehensive Tax Reform The omnibus tax bill passed by the General Assembly this week, HB 386, is not perfect, but it is a small step in the right direction. Overall, the bill is a (mostly) prudent package of tax changes, including some important reforms that will help the state invest […] Read more » Blog HB 386 House Bill 386 State Taxes Wesley Tharpe
Blog Budget and Taxes Georgia’s Problems Go Deeper Than Fee Diversions March 16, 2012 / January 17, 2020 by Alan Essig Posted by: Alan Essig The controversy over fees being diverted from their intended purposes and instead used for other things is really a symptom of a bigger problem: Georgia lacks the money to invest in education, transportation, public safety and other building blocks of job creation and economic growth. Over the past few years, tens […] Read more » Alan Essig Blog Free Diversions HB 811 House Bill 811 State Budget
Blog Budget and Taxes Health Justice House Shows Promise in Restoring Health Funding March 8, 2012 / January 17, 2020 by Alan Essig Read more » Adult Addictive Diseases Program Blog Children’s 1st Program Clare Richie State Budget TANF Temporary Assistance for Needy Families
Alan Essig Blog Think Low Business Taxes Fuel Job Growth? Think Again. March 5, 2012 / January 16, 2020 by Alan Essig | 1 Comment on Think Low Business Taxes Fuel Job Growth? Think Again. Once again Georgia is shown to be a low tax state. The Tax Foundation, a conservative think tank in Washington D.C., released a national study that compares how much different companies pay in taxes. The study reveals that Georgia has the 3rd lowest business tax costs for mature operations and the 6th lowest for newly-established […] Read more » Alan Essig Blog Budget & Taxes job growth State Taxes taxes
Blog Health Justice Food for Thought on Georgia’s Medicaid Redesign March 1, 2012 / January 16, 2020 by Timothy Sweeney | 2 Comments on Food for Thought on Georgia’s Medicaid Redesign Although Georgia already spends less than most states on its Medicaid program, State leaders plan to “redesign” the program to save money. The state’s consultant (Navigant, Inc.) conducted a review of Georgia’s current Medicaid program and issued a report in January with redesign options for the state to consider. The Department of Community Health (DCH), […] Read more » Blog health medicaid Medicaid redesign Tim Sweeney
Author Blog Clare S. Richie SB 447 Asks the Unemployed to Pay for Years of Employer Tax Cuts February 23, 2012 / January 17, 2020 by Clare Richie | 6 Comments on SB 447 Asks the Unemployed to Pay for Years of Employer Tax Cuts By now you have probably heard that Georgia owes a lot of money to the federal government, $736 million to be exact, for helping us pay state unemployment insurance (UI) benefits. What hasn’t received enough attention, however, is how Georgia got into this mess. For more than a decade Georgia employers were given unprecedented tax breaks […] Read more » Clare Richie SB 447 Senate Bill 447 UI Unemployment Insurance
