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Georgia Voters Should Reject Tax Cap Constitutional Amendment
+ Full Article: Georgia Voters Should Reject Tax Cap Constitutional AmendmentNext Tuesday, Nov. 4, Georgians will head to the polls to vote in what could be one of the most competitive elections in the state’s modern history. But you may be unaware that the most lasting legacy you can create for the state is how you vote on Constitutional Amendment A, sometimes described as the…
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Georgians Set to Vote on Income Tax Straitjacket
+ Full Article: Georgians Set to Vote on Income Tax StraitjacketGeorgians will vote November 4th whether to permanently enshrine the state’s top income tax rate of 6 percent in the state’s constitution. The so-called “tax-cap” amendment sounds American as apple pie, right? No one looks forward to the day their income tax bill comes due and the prospect of capping the rate will understandably sound…
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Medicaid Expansion a Shot in the Arm for Coastal Georgia
+ Full Article: Medicaid Expansion a Shot in the Arm for Coastal GeorgiaAbout 50,000 uninsured Georgians in the 10-county Coastal Georgia region could get guaranteed health coverage if Georgia accepts new federal money to expand Medicaid eligibility. That is about half the area residents between 18 and 64 without health coverage in 2012, the last year of available data. It’s the third largest number of residents of…
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New Report: Georgia’s Medicaid Opposition to Cost $34 Billion
+ Full Article: New Report: Georgia’s Medicaid Opposition to Cost $34 BillionGeorgia’s refusal to expand Medicaid to cover more than 500,000 uninsured people will cost the state’s health care system about $34 billion in federal money over the next decade, according to a new report by two well-respected research organizations. Georgia’s hospitals alone will lose out on almost $13 billion. That money could go a long…
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State Closes Fiscal Year with Sluggish 2014 Revenues
+ Full Article: State Closes Fiscal Year with Sluggish 2014 RevenuesGeorgia’s revenues grew 4.8 percent for the 2014 fiscal year that ended June 30. Such growth is well below the 8.2 percent average of the 13 non-recession years between 1993 and 2007. The difference between 4.8 percent growth and 8.2 percent growth is $623 million. Georgia could accomplish a lot of good things with $623…
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Georgia Health Coverage Rate Trails 47 States
+ Full Article: Georgia Health Coverage Rate Trails 47 StatesAdults in Georgia are more likely to go without health coverage than people in all but two other states, according to a new Gallup survey. Georgia’s adult uninsured rate of 20.2 percent is worse than only Texas’ 24 percent and Mississippi’s 20.6 percent and clocks in nearly 7 points higher than the national average of…
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Georgia Budget Primer 2015
+ Full Article: Georgia Budget Primer 2015GBPI is proud to publish the latest edition of our annual comprehensive analysis of the state’s financial blueprint, the “Georgia Budget Primer 2015.” This primer is a clear explanation of the state’s revenue collections and its current spending plan through next June. The 2015 edition tells the story of a state that continues to shortchange…
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Uninsured Rates Fall in States Expanding Medicaid
+ Full Article: Uninsured Rates Fall in States Expanding MedicaidStates that take advantage of new federal money available to extend Medicaid coverage to more residents are seeing substantial declines in uninsured rates this year. It makes sense. Greater Medicaid eligibility increases health coverage, and updated numbers from 2014 provide yet more compelling evidence that Georgia’s failure to expand Medicaid keeps the state’s uninsured rate…
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Close Georgia’s Coverage Gap to Stabilize State’s Hospitals
+ Full Article: Close Georgia’s Coverage Gap to Stabilize State’s HospitalsStates that expanded Medicaid eligibility to close their state’s coverage gap experienced substantial and nearly immediate reductions in charity care cases due to greater Medicaid payments. Those are the findings of a new report by the Colorado Hospital Association, adding new support for the case to increase health coverage for Georgia’s working poor through income…
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