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Georgia Budget Primer 2018
+ Full Article: Georgia Budget Primer 2018Welcome to GBPI’s 2018 Budget Primer Georgia plans to spend $25 billion in state funds for the 2018 fiscal year. The budget plan anticipates a revenue increase of $1.26 billion, or 5.3 percent more than the prior year. Keep in mind when you hear Georgia’s $25 billion 2018 budget is record-setting that 80 percent of…
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Georgia State Budget Overview for Fiscal Year 2018
+ Full Article: Georgia State Budget Overview for Fiscal Year 2018Budget Basics Georgia’s 2018 fiscal year runs July 1, 2017 through June 30, 2018 and the total budget available to the state is $45.2 billion. That includes $25 billion in state funding, $13.9 billion in federal funding and $6.4 billion in other funds. The state budget outlines Georgia’s priorities, how it plans to spend money…
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Georgia Health Budget Primer for State Fiscal Year 2018
+ Full Article: Georgia Health Budget Primer for State Fiscal Year 2018Georgia Health Care Budget Overview Health care services are primarily delivered through three state agencies: the departments of Community Health, Public Health and Behavioral Health and Developmental Disabilities. State funding for these three agencies totals $4.5 billion in 2018, about 18 percent of total state spending. General Fund appropriations for these agencies account for $3.9…
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Senate Health Bill Shrinks Health Care Access, Makes Deep Long-Term Cuts to Medicaid
+ Full Article: Senate Health Bill Shrinks Health Care Access, Makes Deep Long-Term Cuts to MedicaidThe U.S. Senate is set to take up a fundamental upending of federal health care law as soon as next week, a move that threatens to turn the lives of hundreds of thousands of Georgians upside down. Senators released their version of a health care bill, the Better Care Reconciliation Act of 2017, late last…
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How Medicaid Benefits Help Joshua Proffitt Achieve His Dream
+ Full Article: How Medicaid Benefits Help Joshua Proffitt Achieve His DreamThe email dated May 11, 2017 from the East Georgia State College academic office felt ominous to Joshua Proffitt. He asked his mother to read it to him. It was not bad news. “You made the Dean’s Merit List!” Mitzi Proffitt said. “You have a 3.5 GPA!” It’s another milestone on a remarkable journey for…
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Gutting Federal Health Law Imperils Georgia Families, Hospitals, State Budget
+ Full Article: Gutting Federal Health Law Imperils Georgia Families, Hospitals, State BudgetThe American Health Care Act (AHCA) proposes substantial cuts to Medicaid and changes in the insurance marketplace sure to jeopardize health care coverage for hundreds of thousands of Georgians, hammer hospitals statewide and shift significant costs to the state. The proposed upending of the federal health law passed the U.S. House of Representatives on May…
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Many Georgia Families Get Raw Deal in President’s Callous Budget
+ Full Article: Many Georgia Families Get Raw Deal in President’s Callous BudgetGeorgians stand to lose a lot if the president’s proposed budget released this week is approved. Not only does the plan jeopardize Georgia’s fiscal stability, it also would diminish the ability of millions of Georgians to meet basic living standards, such as putting food on the table, maintaining a roof over their heads and accessing…
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This Year’s Flurry of Tax Breaks Highlights Need for Better Process
+ Full Article: This Year’s Flurry of Tax Breaks Highlights Need for Better ProcessGeorgia is falling behind the majority of states including several of its Southeast neighbors when it comes to making sure tax breaks deliver taxpayers a good return on investment. Twenty-seven states plus the District of Columbia now maintain policies that subject business tax breaks and other economic development subsidies to some sort of objective review…
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Uplifting Georgia Moms this Mother’s Day
+ Full Article: Uplifting Georgia Moms this Mother’s DayMother’s Day invites us to reflect on the importance of mothers and show our appreciation for them. One of the best ways Georgia can demonstrate commitment to moms is to bolster their economic opportunities and provide more tools to help their families succeed. In 2016, the Georgia Budget and Policy Institute released an Economic Opportunity…
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