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Doctor-Exam (1) Blog

Medicaid Expansion Ensures that Hundreds of Thousands of Low-income Georgians Can Finally Get Health Coverage

The Medicaid expansion created by the Affordable Care Act is the most cost-effective way for Georgia to ensure ...
Pill-Capsules (1) Blog

The Governor’s Bad Math on Medicaid

Posted by Timothy Sweeney A spokesperson for the Governor claimed this weekend that the price tag for expanding ...
ChildrenBrothers-696x464 Blog

GBPI Briefs Danish Parliament on State of Working Georgia

Posted by Taifa S. Butler Recently members of the Danish Parliament visited Georgia to learn about the state ...
Playground-Children (1) Blog

Welcome Back to ’92, Working Georgians

Posted by Wesley Tharpe The year was 1992. An exciting Braves squad was playing toward its second World ...
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Ruling on Affordable Care Act is a Victory for Georgia’s Uninsured – Now It’s Time for Georgia’s Leaders to Implement the Law

Posted by Timothy Sweeney The U.S. Supreme Court’s ruling that the Affordable Care Act is constitutional is a ...
ChildrenBrothers-696x464 Blog

New Law Unfairly Burdens the Unemployed

Posted by Clare S. Richie Things are about to get worse for as many as 190,000 Georgia families ...
GoldDome2 Alan Essig

May Revenue Review: Revenue Growth Insufficient to Fund Reserves

Posted by Alan Essig Although revenue has increased 5.1 percent over the first 11 months of the current ...
Abandoned-Facility Blog

Medicaid Redesign

Posted by Timothy Sweeney GBPI’s FY 2013 Budget Analysis: Community Health underscored issues with the pending Medicaid redesign ...
Baby-Vaccine (1) Blog

Lawmakers Need to Head off Medicaid, PeachCare Funding Cut

Posted by Timothy Sweeney Georgians who depend on two key programs for health coverage are threatened by funding ...
Classroom-Elementary (1) Alan Essig

Opinion Editorial: Penny wise and pound foolish school budgets

The Columbus Ledger Enquirer Editorial Board cites research from the Georgia Budget and Policy Institute in its recent ...
medical-696x464 Blog

Plan to Cut Medicaid Will Cost Georgia

Posted by Timothy Sweeney Georgia would lose billions of dollars and thousands of children, seniors and modest-income workers ...
ChildrenBrothers-696x464 Blog

Food Assistance for Georgians under Attack in Congress

Posted by Clare S. Richie Next week, the House of Representatives is expected to pass deep cuts to ...

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