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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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New Report Gives Lawmakers a Menu of Revenue Options

Over the past few years, sharply declining state revenues led to deep cuts in vital investments like education ...
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More Support for Georgia Education Applauded at Policy Conference

Georgia should increase support for education and workforce development and reverse its recent course of cutting spending for ...
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Menu of Revenue Options to Pave Way for Georgia’s Rebound

Low Revenues Putting Georgia on a Path to Mediocrity Georgia is one of the most under-funded states in ...
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Overview of Georgia’s 2014 Fiscal Year Budget

Georgia’s Economic Recovery Requires State Support for Education, Transportation, Health Care The Overview of Georgia’s 2014 Fiscal Year ...
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Governor’s Budget Keeps Georgia on the Wrong Path

Gov. Nathan Deal’s proposed budget for the coming fiscal year continues an unfortunate path Georgia has been on ...
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Republican Governors Warming Up to Medicaid, What About Georgia?

In this week’s State of the State address, Gov. Nathan Deal reiterated his opposition to using Medicaid to ...
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If Not Medicaid Expansion, What is the Plan?

Posted by Timothy Sweeney Gov. Nathan Deal announced today, in no uncertain terms, that he intends to leave ...
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State Revenues Improve, but Tough Budget Decisions Loom

Posted by Alan Essig Georgia’s December revenue report, out this week, is both good news and bad. The ...
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GBPI Joins Cover Georgia to Urge Health Care Expansion

Posted by Timothy Sweeney The Georgia Budget and Policy Institute today joined doctors, hospitals, patients and other nonprofits ...
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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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Slashing state services again will do lasting economic damage to Georgia

The Saporta Report features Georgia Budget and Policy Institute’s Executive Director Alan Essig’s op-ed on cuts-only approach in ...

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