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Recent releases
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Georgia Should Move Forward to Bring Affordable Health Care to the Hundreds of Thousands of Uninsured Georgians
+ Full Article: Georgia Should Move Forward to Bring Affordable Health Care to the Hundreds of Thousands of Uninsured GeorgiansGBPI 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…
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Media Advisory : Health Coverage Expansion Forum
+ Full Article: Media Advisory : Health Coverage Expansion ForumMEDIA REGISTRATION On Friday, October 19, Georgia Budget and Policy Institute will host its 2012 Fall Policy Forum, Expanding Health Coverage in Georgia at the Carter Center in Atlanta, Georgia. Conference attendees will hear from two nationally renowned health care experts who recently authored groundbreaking studies that highlight the substantial benefits of Medicaid coverage: Dr.…
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Student Success, Georgia Economy Threatened by State’s Declining Support
+ Full Article: Student Success, Georgia Economy Threatened by State’s Declining SupportFOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE (ATLANTA) Georgia school districts report that classrooms are more crowded than ever and students are spending fewer days in school due to the state’s failure to adequately invest in public education according to a new report released today by the Georgia Budget & Policy Institute (GBPI). “Georgia’s declining support for public education…
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Georgia Budget Primer 2013: An overview of the FY 2013 budget and related trends
+ Full Article: Georgia Budget Primer 2013: An overview of the FY 2013 budget and related trendsFOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE ATLANTA – The Georgia Budget & Policy Institute released its annual report, the Georgia Budget Primer 2013. The report provides an overview for the FY 2013 budget as well as budget trends in key areas such as education, health care, and human services. Four years after the biggest recession since the Great…
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Georgia 5th-Highest Poverty in the Nation; Children Hit Hardest
+ Full Article: Georgia 5th-Highest Poverty in the Nation; Children Hit HardestFOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE GBPI Senior Policy Analyst Clare S. Richie is available for comments and interviews. ATLANTA – Georgia has the 5thhighest poverty rate in the nation, with children hit the hardest, according to data released today from the U. S. Census Bureau’s American Community Survey. This data highlights the widespread impact of the recession…
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Census Data Highlight Success of Affordable Care Act; Need for Georgia to Expand Medicaid
+ Full Article: Census Data Highlight Success of Affordable Care Act; Need for Georgia to Expand MedicaidFOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE ATLANTA – New Census data shows that nearly 1.9 million Georgians under age 65, more than 20 percent of this population,went without health insurance coverage from 2010-2011, putting Georgia among the bottom ten states for access to health coverage. Since before the recession (2006-2007), the number of Georgians under age 65 without…
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Census Data: Current Population Survey (CPS) vs. American Community Survey (ACS)
+ Full Article: Census Data: Current Population Survey (CPS) vs. American Community Survey (ACS)The U.S. Census Bureau will release its estimates of 2011 health insurance coverage from the Current Population Survey (CPS) on the morning of Wednesday, September 12. In the afternoon, following the Bureau’s Current Population Survey release, the Georgia Budget and Policy Institute will provide a news release summarizing and analyzing the Census estimates on health…
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New Revenue Needed To Invest in Medicaid
+ Full Article: New Revenue Needed To Invest in MedicaidGBPI Director of Health Policy Timothy Sweeney releases the following statement in response to the Department of Community Health Board meeting today. “Instead of blaming Washington for Georgia’s shortcomings, lawmakers should take a balanced approach that includes new revenues so the state can properly invest in this important area. Contrary to what the commissioner implied,…
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Major Victory for the Nearly 2 Million Georgians Currently Living Without Health Insurance
+ Full Article: Major Victory for the Nearly 2 Million Georgians Currently Living Without Health InsuranceGBPI Director of Health Policy Timothy Sweeney releases the following statement in response to the U.S. Supreme Court’s ruling on the Affordable Care Act. The U.S. Supreme Court’s ruling that the Affordable Care Act is constitutional is a major victory for the nearly two million Georgians currently living without health insurance. The new law will…
