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Recovery or Bust: Georgia’s Poor Left Behind

Presentation:  Melissa Johnson, Policy Analyst |March 4, 2014 Download the presentation.
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Overview of Recent Changes to GA State Health Benefit Plan

Given by: Timothy Sweeney, Director of Health Policy | March 5, 2014 Overview of Recent Changes to GA ...
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Georgia’s Rush to Privatize Child Foster Care Could Lock in Reduced Funding

Georgia lawmakers are in an unnecessary rush to reform the state’s child welfare system to meet a deadline ...
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False Choices Cloud Medicaid Expansion Debate

Who says Georgia can’t have first-rate schools, a quality health care system and a public safety net that ...
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Drug Testing Food Stamp and Welfare Recipients is a Waste of Time and Money

Representatives in the Georgia House are considering a proposal to start “suspicion-based” drug testing for people who receive ...
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Fact Check: Georgia Gets Money’s Worth from Medicaid

It’s frustrating to hear the cost-effectiveness of Georgia’s existing Medicaid program bashed as opponents of eligibility expansion stretch ...
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Analyze Incentives Before Giving Tax Breaks

As published in the Atlanta Journal-Constitution A while back, my wife and I got word that Scarlett Johansson ...
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New Report Shows Georgia’s Opportunity to Uplift Low-Income Working Moms

Forty-one percent of Georgia’s low-income working families are headed by women and 46 percent of these mothers have ...
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Medicaid Expansion Opposition Enters Absurd Territory

Georgia’s House Judiciary Committee this week gave approval to a puzzling one-two punch of legislation aimed at distancing ...
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Roadblock to Medicaid Expansion a Threat to Middle Georgia

As published in the Macon Telegraph on February 23, 2014. What would you think about a new state ...
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Medicaid Expansion Could Cover at Least Half of Working Age Adults in Most Georgia Counties

If you are an uninsured person who lives in Bibb County and earns less than $16,100, or are ...
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Opponents Inflate Cost of Medicaid Expansion in Georgia

Georgia lawmakers continue to overstate the cost of Medicaid expansion in the state as they press ahead with ...

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