Blogs
Medicaid Expansion Ensures that Hundreds of Thousands of Low-income Georgians Can Finally Get Health Coverage
Timothy Sweeney
July 12, 2012
The Medicaid expansion created by the Affordable Care Act is the most cost-effective way for Georgia to ensure ...
The Governor’s Bad Math on Medicaid
Timothy Sweeney
July 9, 2012
Posted by Timothy Sweeney A spokesperson for the Governor claimed this weekend that the price tag for expanding ...
GBPI Briefs Danish Parliament on State of Working Georgia
Taifa Smith Butler
July 5, 2012
Posted by Taifa S. Butler Recently members of the Danish Parliament visited Georgia to learn about the state ...
Welcome Back to ’92, Working Georgians
Wesley Tharpe
June 29, 2012
Posted by Wesley Tharpe The year was 1992. An exciting Braves squad was playing toward its second World ...
Ruling on Affordable Care Act is a Victory for Georgia’s Uninsured – Now It’s Time for Georgia’s Leaders to Implement the Law
Timothy Sweeney
June 28, 2012
Posted by Timothy Sweeney The U.S. Supreme Court’s ruling that the Affordable Care Act is constitutional is a ...
New Law Unfairly Burdens the Unemployed
Clare Richie
June 20, 2012
Posted by Clare S. Richie Things are about to get worse for as many as 190,000 Georgia families ...
May Revenue Review: Revenue Growth Insufficient to Fund Reserves
Alan Essig
June 7, 2012
Posted by Alan Essig Although revenue has increased 5.1 percent over the first 11 months of the current ...
Medicaid Redesign
Timothy Sweeney
May 31, 2012
Posted by Timothy Sweeney GBPI’s FY 2013 Budget Analysis: Community Health underscored issues with the pending Medicaid redesign ...
Lawmakers Need to Head off Medicaid, PeachCare Funding Cut
Timothy Sweeney
May 25, 2012
Posted by Timothy Sweeney Georgians who depend on two key programs for health coverage are threatened by funding ...
Opinion Editorial: Penny wise and pound foolish school budgets
GBPI Admin
May 22, 2012
The Columbus Ledger Enquirer Editorial Board cites research from the Georgia Budget and Policy Institute in its recent ...
Plan to Cut Medicaid Will Cost Georgia
Timothy Sweeney
May 10, 2012
Posted by Timothy Sweeney Georgia would lose billions of dollars and thousands of children, seniors and modest-income workers ...
Food Assistance for Georgians under Attack in Congress
Clare Richie
May 3, 2012
Posted by Clare S. Richie Next week, the House of Representatives is expected to pass deep cuts to ...