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False Choices Cloud Medicaid Expansion Debate
Alan Essig
March 3, 2014
Who says Georgia can’t have first-rate schools, a quality health care system and a public safety net that ...
Drug Testing Food Stamp and Welfare Recipients is a Waste of Time and Money
Melissa Johnson
February 28, 2014
Representatives in the Georgia House are considering a proposal to start “suspicion-based” drug testing for people who receive ...
Fact Check: Georgia Gets Money’s Worth from Medicaid
Timothy Sweeney
February 26, 2014
It’s frustrating to hear the cost-effectiveness of Georgia’s existing Medicaid program bashed as opponents of eligibility expansion stretch ...
Analyze Incentives Before Giving Tax Breaks
Wesley Tharpe
February 26, 2014
As published in the Atlanta Journal-Constitution A while back, my wife and I got word that Scarlett Johansson ...
New Report Shows Georgia’s Opportunity to Uplift Low-Income Working Moms
Melissa Johnson
February 25, 2014
Forty-one percent of Georgia’s low-income working families are headed by women and 46 percent of these mothers have ...
Medicaid Expansion Opposition Enters Absurd Territory
Timothy Sweeney
February 25, 2014
Georgia’s House Judiciary Committee this week gave approval to a puzzling one-two punch of legislation aimed at distancing ...
Roadblock to Medicaid Expansion a Threat to Middle Georgia
Timothy Sweeney
February 24, 2014
As published in the Macon Telegraph on February 23, 2014. What would you think about a new state ...
Medicaid Expansion Could Cover at Least Half of Working Age Adults in Most Georgia Counties
Timothy Sweeney
February 21, 2014
If you are an uninsured person who lives in Bibb County and earns less than $16,100, or are ...
Opponents Inflate Cost of Medicaid Expansion in Georgia
Timothy Sweeney
February 19, 2014
Georgia lawmakers continue to overstate the cost of Medicaid expansion in the state as they press ahead with ...
Sales Tax Flexibility Not Enough to Solve Georgia’s School Funding Crisis
Claire Suggs
February 19, 2014
Bill Analysis: House Resolution 1109 and House Bill 802 The General Assembly is considering putting a constitutional amendment ...
Adding Up the Net Cost of Medicaid Expansion – $353 Million for 10 Years
Timothy Sweeney
February 18, 2014
If Georgia expands Medicaid today, more than $33 billion of new federal funding will flow to the state ...
Lawmakers Tinker Slightly with Governor’s 2015 Budget as Session Speeds Along
GBPI Admin
February 14, 2014
Neither snow, nor sleet seem likely to slow Georgia’s 2014 legislative session.The sine die gavel is now scheduled ...
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