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Georgia & Federal Government Ensure Elderly and Newborns Have Safety Net
Georgia’s Medicaid program is a significant payer of healthcare services for some of Georgia’s most vulnerable residents. This ...
Georgia Can Promote a Pathway from Poverty to the Middle Class
One in five Georgia children live in poverty. This fact sheet provides the latest Census data on poverty ...
New Federal Tax Credit Benefits 84% of Small Businesses in Georgia
The new healthcare law (the Affordable Care Act) includes new tax credits to help small businesses provide health ...
More Georgians Lack Employer Coverage
This fact sheet provides the latest Affordable Care Act on health coverage and uninsured rates for Georgia. The ...
Georgia is Depending on Congress to Avert a Medicaid Crisis
Georgia’s new budget assumes Recovery Act Medicaid funds will be extended past Dec. 31, when it is expires. ...
Lawmakers Should Find new Revenue to Ensure Health Care for the Most Vulnerable
Georgia’s Medicaid program needs nearly $1 billion for FY 2011 and FY 2012. This shortfall is not due ...
Capital Gains Tax Breaks, 2010
Capital gains tax preferences are costly, inequitable, and ineffective. They deprive states of millions of dollars in needed ...
Most Drastic Cuts Endanger Those Hurt By The Recession.
Governor Perdue recently ordered three percent more in cuts to the Department of Human Services (DHS), which is ...
Increasing the Tobacco Tax Brings Signficant Revenue, Prevents Cuts
Georgia’s Tobacco Revenue is likely to more than double if HB 39 passes, despite declining sales without new ...
Georgia Has Many Revenue Options Other Than Deep Cuts
Georgia Has Many Revenue Options Available: Lawmakers should avoid harming Georgia’s economy more by slashing vital services and ...
Spending Cuts Harm Georgia’s Economy More Than Targeted Tax Increases
Lawmakers should close the deficit and protect local economies by raising more revenues: “It is important not to ...
Cutting Education Is NOT the Only Option
Education comprises more than 50 percent of state spending; therefore, if lawmakers refuse to add new revenues to ...
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