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How Tax Shift Plans Raise Taxes on Most Families

A seismic shift from incomes taxes to sales taxes would raise total state taxes for as many as ...
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Six Reasons Why Georgians Should Protect the Income Tax

Proposals Would Hurt Families, Businesses, Communities and the Economy Currently in vogue in several states, plans to drastically ...
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Georgia Veterans Would Gain Health Coverage Through Expansion

If Georgia expands Medicaid in 2014, nearly 25,000 uninsured veterans and 7,000 of their spouses could get health ...
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Georgia Making Progress, Still a Steep Hill to Climb

Georgia’s economy is adding jobs at a strong pace compared to other states, according to the most recent ...
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Official Figures Overstate Fiscal Impact of Medicaid Expansion

State officials claim Medicaid expansion is unaffordable by overstating the real cost of covering newly eligible Georgians.  State ...
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The Dollars and Sense of Expanding Medicaid in Georgia

Georgia should take advantage of new federal funding to expand Medicaid in 2014 to boost Georgia’s economy and ...
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The Facts About Georgia’s Hospital Provider Fee and Why Allowing it to Expire Would be a Mistake

The Georgia hospital provider fee, or Medicaid assessment, expires on June 30, 2013.  The following answers to some ...
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Georgia Still Adding Jobs, though Public Sector Lagging Behind

Though still not firing on all cylinders, Georgia’s economy continues to add jobs at a comparatively strong pace, ...
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Georgia Poverty Still on the Rise, With Children Hit Hardest

Nearly one in five Georgians, and one out of four children, live in poverty, according to 2011 U.S. ...
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Medicaid Expansion Would Benefit Georgia Parents and Other Adults Without Insurance

Georgia has a chance to dramatically increase access to health coverage and to improve the lives of hundreds ...
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Georgia’s Job Recovery Picking Up Steam, But Not Fast Enough for Struggling Families

Though still not firing on all cylinders, Georgia’s economy has created jobs at a comparatively strong pace over ...
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Georgia Still Recovering in Fits and Starts

Georgia continues to gradually recover jobs lost during the Great Recession, according to recently released data from the ...

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