Lawmakers Can Use Legislative Offseason to Get Serious About Health Care
Education reform? Check. More revenue for transportation maintenance? Check. What’s missing here? Ahhh, Georgia’s ailing health care system didn’t get…
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Georgia Falls to Second Worst Uninsured Rate in U.S.
Georgia fell further behind nearly all other states in ensuring access to health coverage for its residents in 2014, according…
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Tossing More Than 20,000 Georgians off State Health Plan a Bad Remedy
Tossing non-certified school district workers who work less than 30 hours per week off the State Health Benefit Plan (SHBP)…
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Health Plan Financial Challenges Remain if State Ends Coverage for Part-Time School Workers and Their Dependents
Georgia’s governor proposes in the 2016 fiscal year to eliminate State Health Benefit Plan (SHBP) coverage for bus drivers, school…
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Overview: 2016 Fiscal Year for Department of Community Health
The governor’s proposed 2016 budget directs $2.45 billion to the Department of Community Health, not including money for agencies attached…
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Medicaid Expansion a Shot in the Arm for Coastal Georgia
About 50,000 uninsured Georgians in the 10-county Coastal Georgia region could get guaranteed health coverage if Georgia accepts new federal…
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New Report: Georgia’s Medicaid Opposition to Cost $34 Billion
Georgia’s refusal to expand Medicaid to cover more than 500,000 uninsured people will cost the state’s health care system about…
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Georgia Health Coverage Rate Trails 47 States
Adults in Georgia are more likely to go without health coverage than people in all but two other states, according…
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Uninsured Rates Fall in States Expanding Medicaid
States that take advantage of new federal money available to extend Medicaid coverage to more residents are seeing substantial declines…
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