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Republican Governors Warming Up to Medicaid, What About Georgia?
In this week’s State of the State address, Gov. Nathan Deal reiterated his opposition to using Medicaid to ...
If Not Medicaid Expansion, What is the Plan?
Posted by Timothy Sweeney Gov. Nathan Deal announced today, in no uncertain terms, that he intends to leave ...
State Revenues Improve, but Tough Budget Decisions Loom
Posted by Alan Essig Georgia’s December revenue report, out this week, is both good news and bad. The ...
GBPI Joins Cover Georgia to Urge Health Care Expansion
Posted by Timothy Sweeney The Georgia Budget and Policy Institute today joined doctors, hospitals, patients and other nonprofits ...
Slashing state services again will do lasting economic damage to Georgia
The Saporta Report features Georgia Budget and Policy Institute’s Executive Director Alan Essig’s op-ed on cuts-only approach in ...
Reality Check: Stilling the Heart During a Tumultuous Season
Posted by Taifa S. Butler Newtown, Connecticut. Without saying anything else, I’m sure many hearts—like mine— fill with ...
Changes to HOPE: Bad for Georgia’s Future
The Wall Street Journal this week examined the impact of changes to Georgia’s HOPE scholarships made by the ...
Growing Inequality Threatens Georgia’s Economy
Posted by Wesley Tharpe We often hear about the social and cultural differences that divide Georgians of different ...
The Clock is Ticking, and Georgia is Falling Further Behind
School kids in five states will be spending at least 300 more hours learning next school year, as ...
More evidence that expanding Medicaid is an offer Georgia shouldn’t refuse
Posted by Timothy Sweeney Fully implementing health care reform in Georgia would extend insurance coverage to more than ...
Policy Response Critical for Georgia’s Working Families
Posted by Wesley Tharpe Each year, GBPI’s State of Working Georgia report seeks to answer the question of ...
Health care, politics don’t mix
Posted by Timothy Sweeney The Atlanta Journal-Constitution features Georgia Budget and Policy Institute’s Director of Health Policy Timothy ...
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