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Rural Georgians Stand to Benefit Most from Medicaid Expansion
More than 140,000 uninsured Georgians in rural communities could get health coverage through Medicaid in 2014 if Georgia ...
Georgia Families Lose Food Assistance, Bigger Threat Looms
More than 1.9 million Georgians, including more than one in three Georgia children, are more likely to go ...
GBPI’s Annual Guide to How the Economy Affects Working Georgians
Most Georgia families still struggle to emerge from the long shadow of the Great Recession. Unemployment remains high, ...
State of Working Georgia 2013
Georgians Struggle to Emerge from Shadow of Great Recession Georgia is still sputtering in the shadow of the ...
Medicaid Expansion Could Close Coverage Gap for 409,000 Georgians
A new report from the Kaiser Family Foundation provides the latest evidence of the importance of expanding Medicaid ...
Tax Foundation Report is a Poor Guide for Tax Policy
Each year, the right-leaning Tax Foundation stirs up a slew of short-lived publicity by giving Georgia a mediocre ...
Georgia Gets a Failing Grade for the Overall Well-being of Women
Once again, sigh, Georgia is among the worst in a new analysis that ranks states by how well ...
Georgia Passes up $92 Million in Federal Help for People With Disabilities
People with disabilities have known for years that Georgia misses out on federal money that could help them ...
Georgians with Disabilities Miss Out on $92 Million in Federal Grants
As the number of Georgians with disabilities grew over the last four years, funding that could have helped ...
Faulty Premise Leads to “Work Requirements” in Bill that Cuts $39 Billion from Food Stamps
The U.S. House passed a bill last week to cut the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (“SNAP,” commonly called ...
Senate Fair Tax Study Committee
Presentation: Wesley Tharpe, Policy Analyst, Georgia Budget & Policy Institute September 20, 2013 | State Senate Chambers, Georgia ...
Sharing Some Tax Ideas with the Georgia Senate
Last week I testified before the special Fair Tax Study Committee of the Georgia state senate, which is ...
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