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Whether you’re a policymaker exploring solutions, a student conducting research or someone just trying to learn more about the Georgia budget and fiscal policy, we produce research, analysis and testimony on a wide range of issues.
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New GBPI Budget Primer Previews 2017 as State Closes Out 2016
+ Full Article: New GBPI Budget Primer Previews 2017 as State Closes Out 2016State tax collection rose 9.4 percent in the just-ended 2016 fiscal year, or nearly $1.8 billion more than the prior year. About $744 million of that is from a new revenue system that kicked in last July to pay for long deferred road and bridge maintenance. Georgia’s governor announced those year-end numbers this month as…
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Georgia State Budget Overview for Fiscal Year 2017
+ Full Article: Georgia State Budget Overview for Fiscal Year 2017Budget Basics Georgia’s 2017 fiscal year is July 1, 2016 through June 30, 2017 and the total budget available to the state is $43.7 billion. That includes $23.7 billion in state funding, $13.7 billion in federal funding and $6.3 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 2017
+ Full Article: Georgia Health Budget Primer for State Fiscal Year 2017Georgia 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 nearly $4.5 billion in 2017, which is about 20 percent of total state spending. General fund appropriations account for $3.9…
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Georgia Budget Primer 2017
+ Full Article: Georgia Budget Primer 2017Where does the money for Georgia’s $23.7 billion budget come from this year? How has the new transportation funding package affected state revenue? Is Georgia finally funding K-12 education at the level called for in its own formula? GBPI’s “Georgia Budget Primer 2017” answers these questions and many more in 44 pages designed to provide a clear…
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Refugees Help Make Georgia a Better Place
+ Full Article: Refugees Help Make Georgia a Better PlaceOver the past year or so, Georgians have grown increasingly aware of the challenges faced by refugees resettling in the state. A new report provides a wealth of information on how refugees in the U.S. fare over time and how they affect our local communities.
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Charlton Ranks Among Georgia Counties With Dire Health Provider Shortages
+ Full Article: Charlton Ranks Among Georgia Counties With Dire Health Provider ShortagesNearly two-thirds of Georgia’s counties fall below the statewide average number of nurses, physician assistants, total doctors and primary care doctors per 100,000 residents. In many rural counties, shortages reflect financial ills in local health care systems, even hospital closures. Community health care cornerstones like Charlton Memorial Hospital closed across the state in recent years.…
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Time to Remedy Georgia’s Health Care Provider Shortages
+ Full Article: Time to Remedy Georgia’s Health Care Provider ShortagesAs published in the AJC June 26, 2016 Georgia needs a health care system that is sustainable. The state needs to focus on promising solutions to its health care crisis and not waste time gazing in the rear view mirror at missed opportunities. When a hospital closes, as one in Ellijay did this month, it…
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Prescribing Remedies for Georgia’s Medical Provider Shortage
+ Full Article: Prescribing Remedies for Georgia’s Medical Provider ShortageLocal access to health professionals varies widely across Georgia, from relative availability in populous Fulton County to the daunting challenge found in many rural communities. State trends mask the nuanced differences among Georgia’s regions. Evidence indicates nearly two-thirds of Georgia’s counties fall below the statewide average number for each professional category of nurses, physician assistants,…
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Several remedies show promise for Georgia’s health care provider shortage
+ Full Article: Several remedies show promise for Georgia’s health care provider shortageLast week, the North Georgia Medical Center in Ellijay, Georgia closed and left yet another county with a shortage of hospital beds. In light of this and other recent hospital closures, a newly released report from GBPI outlines potential solutions to Georgia’s ongoing struggle with lack of doctors, nurses and health staff to meet the…
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