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Legacy of 2014 Legislature was to Make Georgia’s Faulty Health Care Policy Worse
+ Full Article: Legacy of 2014 Legislature was to Make Georgia’s Faulty Health Care Policy WorseGeorgia is home to more residents without health insurance coverage than all but four states. Still, state lawmakers used the 2014 to focus on ways to make it more difficult for Georgians to access benefits of the Affordable Care Act (ACA). Georgia is left with its most pressing health care priorities unaddressed. Those priorities include…
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Adding Up the Fiscal Notes: Crossover Day 2014
+ Full Article: Adding Up the Fiscal Notes: Crossover Day 2014Grab-bag of Tax Measures on the Table A slew of bills with revenue implications for Georgia’s state and local governments are in the hands of state senators, after House members passed them before Crossover Day, March 3, 2014. The House passed nine relevant tax bills before the day when legislation must move from one chamber…
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Tax Resolution is Troubling and Unnecessary
+ Full Article: Tax Resolution is Troubling and UnnecessaryThe tax committee in Georgia’s House of Representatives is set to consider a recommendation to change the state’s constitution to permanently cap Georgia’s top income tax rate. This is a bad idea. Whatever you think about income taxes, putting a tax cap in the state constitution could deliver several unintended consequences and would help push…
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Medicaid Expansion Delivers Soaring Premium Tax Revenue From Increased Federal Funding
+ Full Article: Medicaid Expansion Delivers Soaring Premium Tax Revenue From Increased Federal FundingAmidst the debate in the Georgia House over House Bill 990 this week, a representative questioned if new Medicaid expansion-related revenue from Georgia’s insurance premium tax can accurately be projected to offset the cost of enrolling more low-income people. I would like to tackle that question in this blog. This requires explaining some of the…
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Georgia Senate Proposes New Venture Capital, Other Small Changes to 2015 Budget
+ Full Article: Georgia Senate Proposes New Venture Capital, Other Small Changes to 2015 BudgetGeorgia’s state senators continue to usher a proposed budget for the 2015 fiscal year through the legislative process at a record pace. Senators approved their version of HB 744, better known as the state budget, on March 6, 2014 the thirty-third day of this year’s legislative session. The budget bill will is now in the…
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False Choices Cloud Medicaid Expansion Debate
+ Full Article: False Choices Cloud Medicaid Expansion DebateWho says Georgia can’t have first-rate schools, a quality health care system and a public safety net that offers support to some of the most vulnerable Georgians? Some state leaders who oppose Medicaid expansion in Georgia, that’s who. Bills to make Medicaid expansion more difficult are rushing through the Legislature, rationalized by claims that the…
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Fact Check: Georgia Gets Money’s Worth from Medicaid
+ Full Article: Fact Check: Georgia Gets Money’s Worth from MedicaidIt’s frustrating to hear the cost-effectiveness of Georgia’s existing Medicaid program bashed as opponents of eligibility expansion stretch for reasons to justify legislation rushing through the General Assembly this year. Georgia gets a great value from its investment in Medicaid and PeachCare. The two programs will combine to provide health coverage to more than 1.9…
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Analyze Incentives Before Giving Tax Breaks
+ Full Article: Analyze Incentives Before Giving Tax BreaksAs published in the Atlanta Journal-Constitution A while back, my wife and I got word that Scarlett Johansson and Ryan Reynolds were taking a break from filming to eat at an Atlanta restaurant near our home. Like any rational human beings would do, we ran out the door to try and get a better look.…
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Medicaid Expansion Opposition Enters Absurd Territory
+ Full Article: Medicaid Expansion Opposition Enters Absurd TerritoryGeorgia’s House Judiciary Committee this week gave approval to a puzzling one-two punch of legislation aimed at distancing the state from expanding Medicaid eligibility. House Bill 990 seems straight forward enough. It attempts to require the General Assembly to give approval before the governor could expand income eligibility thresholds for Medicaid. The second bill the…
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