Author Library Presentations Timothy Sweeney Overview of Recent Changes to GA State Health Benefit Plan March 6, 2014 / January 17, 2020 by Timothy Sweeney Given by: Timothy Sweeney, Director of Health Policy | March 5, 2014 Overview of Recent Changes to GA State Health Benefit Plan 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 Claire Suggs Fact Sheets K-12 Education Library Policy Areas Sales Tax Flexibility Not Enough to Solve Georgia’s School Funding Crisis February 19, 2014 / January 16, 2020 by Claire Suggs Bill Analysis: House Resolution 1109 and House Bill 802 The General Assembly is considering putting a constitutional amendment to a statewide vote to give school districts greater flexibility to spend sales tax money. Districts continue to struggle financially due to ongoing cuts in state funding, including an austerity cut of about $750 million planned for […] 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 Budget and Taxes Fact Sheets Library Policy Areas Wesley Tharpe Tax Resolutions Could Put Georgia Lawmakers in a Bind February 5, 2014 / January 15, 2020 by Wesley Tharpe Bill Analysis: Senate Resolution 415 Georgia legislators are proposing a constitutional amendment that would limit the state’s ability to adequately meet the needs of its people in the future. The proposal, Senate Resolution 415, would call for a referendum to create a permanent income tax cap in the state Constitution. Adopting this amendment could deliver […] Read more » State Taxes
Author Budget and Taxes Claire Suggs K-12 Education Library Policy Areas Reports Overview: 2015 Fiscal Year Budget for Higher Education January 29, 2014 / January 15, 2020 by Claire Suggs Funding Inches Up, Gaps Persist Georgia’s proposed $1.94 billion budget for higher education in the 2015 fiscal year adds some much needed money for several key initiatives compared to the prior year. However most of the increase just keeps pace with growth and rising health care and retirement costs. This means funding for Georgia’s university […] Read more » State Budget
Author Budget and Taxes Library Policy Areas Reports Wesley Tharpe Worker Justice Overview: 2015 Fiscal Year Budget for Business Subsidies January 24, 2014 / January 15, 2020 by Wesley Tharpe State Support for Private Sector Remains High Georgia plans to spend about $683 million on various tax breaks and economic development programs to subsidize private businesses in the upcoming 2015 fiscal year. This high level of support for Georgia’s private sector is an annual recurrence. Each year, state lawmakers spend hundreds of millions of dollars […] Read more » State Budget State Taxes
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
Author Budget and Taxes Claire Suggs K-12 Education Library Policy Areas Reports Overview: 2015 Fiscal Year Budget for Lottery-Funded Programs January 22, 2014 / January 16, 2020 by Claire Suggs Funding for Pre-Kindergarten and HOPE Falls Short of Students’ Needs The governor’s proposed $948 million budget for the state’s lottery-funded programs in the 2015 fiscal year falls short of what is needed to provide Georgians broad access to pre-kindergarten and higher education programs. Georgia’s 20-year-old system that uses lottery proceeds to make education more affordable […] Read more » State Budget
Author Budget and Taxes Cash and Safety Net Library Melissa Johnson Policy Areas Reports Overview: Georgia’s 2015 Fiscal Year Human Services Budget January 21, 2014 / January 16, 2020 by Melissa Johnson Strategic Additions Made to DHS Budget; Service Cuts Since Recession Retained The governor’s $516.1 million budget proposal for the 2015 fiscal year makes strategic additions to help protect Georgia’s children and adults, but falls far short of restoring funds to pre-recession levels. The state’s spending plan makes it somewhat easier for the Department of Human […] Read more » State Budget
