Karen Kinsell is the only doctor in southwest Georgia’s Clay County. A third of her patients are uninsured.
[…] Laura Harker, a health policy analyst with the Georgia Budget and Policy Institute, says about 20% of Georgia adults are uninsured and the state’s refusal to expand Medicaid has left the state without a safety net that is straining rural hospitals.
The role of government in society is to enact policies that are needed to advance
After weeks of debate, Congress has passed the reconciliation bill (once known as the One
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The Georgia Budget Primer is GBPI’s signature annual examination of state revenues and investments. It outlines Georgia’s budget changes, trends and impacts regarding taxes, education, health care, human services and criminal legal systems. This year we are taking special care to describe how federal funding contributes to Georgia’s budget.
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