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Overview: Georgia’s 2021 Fiscal Year Budget for Georgia Department of Public Health
Gov. Brian Kemp proposed a 2021 budget of $263.5 million in state general funds for the Department of …
Overview: 2021 Fiscal Year Budget for Georgia’s Department of Community Health
Gov. Brian Kemp proposed a 2021 budget of $3.15 billion in state general funds for the Department of …
Overview: Georgia’s 2021 Fiscal Year Budget for Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Disabilities
Gov. Kemp’s budget proposal for the 2021 fiscal year cuts state general funds for the Department of Behavioral …
GBPI 2020 Policy Priorities
The Georgia Budget and Policy Institute’s goal is to shine a light on people-first policies that help all …
Heading into a New Decade with Gratitude and Intention
Today marks the last day of 2019 and the end of the decade and GBPI’s 15th anniversary year. …
GBPI Presents 1115 Waiver Public Comments
On Nov. 22 at the Kennesaw public hearing held by the Georgia Department of Community Health, GBPI Senior …
State Health Care Proposals Fall Short and Undermine Comprehensive Health Plans
On November 4, 2019, Gov. Brian Kemp and the Georgia Department of Community Health released two new health …
Five-Year Waiting Period Is a Barrier to Immigrant Health Care Access
Before 2017, the national uninsured rate for children declined for nearly 10 years; however, the share of uninsured …
Opportunities for Georgia to Best Leverage Medicaid Waivers
Federal health care waivers allow states to “waive” or be exempt from certain federal health program requirements. States …
Leverage 1332 Waivers to Make Health Insurance More Affordable and Accessible
Federal health care waivers allow states to “waive” or be exempt from certain federal health program requirements. States …
Georgia Health Care Budget Primer for State Fiscal Year 2020
You can download and share all the images and charts in the Health Care Primer by clicking here. …
Efforts Advance to Put More Health Care Providers in Reach of Georgians
We want all people to be in good health and have access to the health care services they …