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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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Tax Shift Could Hit Most Georgia Seniors with a Tax Increase
+ Full Article: Tax Shift Could Hit Most Georgia Seniors with a Tax IncreasePlans to drastically cut or abolish state income taxes and replace them with higher sales taxes are gaining traction in Georgia. Georgia’s seniors are more likely to be financially hurt by the proposed tax shift than younger people. Download the fact sheet.
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Tax Shift Proposals Would Hurt Georgia Schools
+ Full Article: Tax Shift Proposals Would Hurt Georgia SchoolsPlans to drastically cut or abolish state income taxes and replace them with higher sales taxes are gaining traction in Georgia. These tax shift plans threaten to harm Georgia’s schoolchildren and university students because deep income tax cuts would likely lead to new rounds of state budget cuts, on top of those already enacted in…
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Georgia should tally cost, benefit of business tax breaks
+ Full Article: Georgia should tally cost, benefit of business tax breaksThe Georgia Budget and Policy Institute’s Executive Director Alan Essig says the state should take a more business-like approach to decide whether corporate tax breaks are worthwhile in an Atlanta Journal-Constitution op-ed. As published in the Atlanta-Journal Constitution. Georgia gives out hundreds of millions of dollars in business tax breaks every year with little rhyme…
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GBPI Forum Speakers Make Closing Case for Medicaid Expansion
+ Full Article: GBPI Forum Speakers Make Closing Case for Medicaid ExpansionA gathering of health care experts urged Georgia lawmakers to embrace Medicaid expansion Thursday at GBPI’s Fall Policy Forum, telling the audience of about 150 people the state stands to reap huge social and economic benefits in 2014. It is important for Georgia to get past political considerations that stand in the way of embracing…
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Medicaid Expansion: Addressing Health Disparities and Improving Access to Care
+ Full Article: Medicaid Expansion: Addressing Health Disparities and Improving Access to CarePresentation: Tim Sweeney, Director of Health Policy, Georgia Budget & Policy InstituteOctober 31, 2013 | The Carter Center | 2013 Fall Policy Forum Download the presentation.
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Rural Georgians Stand to Benefit Most from Medicaid Expansion
+ Full Article: Rural Georgians Stand to Benefit Most from Medicaid ExpansionMore than 140,000 uninsured Georgians in rural communities could get health coverage through Medicaid in 2014 if Georgia expands eligibility. That is about half of all uninsured adults under 65 in Georgia’s 109 rural counties. Download the fact sheet.
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Medicaid Expansion Could Close Coverage Gap for 409,000 Georgians
+ Full Article: Medicaid Expansion Could Close Coverage Gap for 409,000 GeorgiansA new report from the Kaiser Family Foundation provides the latest evidence of the importance of expanding Medicaid in Georgia. According to the report, more than 409,000 Georgians who could otherwise get health coverage through expanded Medicaid will instead remain uninsured, or stuck in a “coverage gap” created by the state’s refusal to expand eligibility.…
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Tax Foundation Report is a Poor Guide for Tax Policy
+ Full Article: Tax Foundation Report is a Poor Guide for Tax PolicyEach year, the right-leaning Tax Foundation stirs up a slew of short-lived publicity by giving Georgia a mediocre ranking in its annual “business tax climate” report. But these rankings are meaningless as a measure of whether Georgia is a good place to do business, and they offer a faulty roadmap for how state policymakers should…
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Sharing Some Tax Ideas with the Georgia Senate
+ Full Article: Sharing Some Tax Ideas with the Georgia SenateLast week I testified before the special Fair Tax Study Committee of the Georgia state senate, which is charged with reviewing whether a drastic shift from income taxes to sales taxes is a good idea for Georgia. As the Georgia Budget and Policy Institute (GBPI) explained in a recent report, there are several key reasons…
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