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GBPI Briefs Danish Parliament on State of Working Georgia
Taifa Smith Butler
July 5, 2012
Posted by Taifa S. Butler Recently members of the Danish Parliament visited Georgia to learn about the state ...
Welcome Back to ’92, Working Georgians
Wesley Tharpe
June 29, 2012
Posted by Wesley Tharpe The year was 1992. An exciting Braves squad was playing toward its second World ...
Jobs Recovery Picking Up Steam, Though Troubling Signs Remain
Wesley Tharpe
June 29, 2012
A look at job growth in Georgia finds the last few months have been the strongest stretch of ...
Ruling on Affordable Care Act is a Victory for Georgia’s Uninsured – Now It’s Time for Georgia’s Leaders to Implement the Law
Timothy Sweeney
June 28, 2012
Posted by Timothy Sweeney The U.S. Supreme Court’s ruling that the Affordable Care Act is constitutional is a ...
New Law Unfairly Burdens the Unemployed
Clare Richie
June 20, 2012
Posted by Clare S. Richie Things are about to get worse for as many as 190,000 Georgia families ...
HB 347 Reduces Unemployment Benefits for Georgia Workers to Repay Federal Loan
GBPI Admin
June 20, 2012
Under the General Assembly’s plan to repay the $746.8 million federal loan Georgia borrowed to meet its unemployment insurance ...
May Revenue Review: Revenue Growth Insufficient to Fund Reserves
Alan Essig
June 7, 2012
Posted by Alan Essig Although revenue has increased 5.1 percent over the first 11 months of the current ...
Medicaid Redesign
Timothy Sweeney
May 31, 2012
Posted by Timothy Sweeney GBPI’s FY 2013 Budget Analysis: Community Health underscored issues with the pending Medicaid redesign ...
Lawmakers Need to Head off Medicaid, PeachCare Funding Cut
Timothy Sweeney
May 25, 2012
Posted by Timothy Sweeney Georgians who depend on two key programs for health coverage are threatened by funding ...
FY 2013 Budget Analysis: Public Health
Timothy Sweeney
May 25, 2012
Georgia’s public health challenges such as obesity, infectious disease and low birthweight continue to increase in importance, but ...
FY 2013 Budget Analysis: Behavioral Health and Developmental Disabilities
Timothy Sweeney
May 25, 2012
The Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Disabilities was established as a stand-alone agency beginning in FY 2010 ...
FY 2013 Budget Analysis: Community Health
Timothy Sweeney
May 25, 2012
Despite enrollment growth to Georgia’s Medicaid and PeachCare programs and the increased cost of health care in recent ...
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