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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 Guide to 2014 State Budget: We Do the Math for You
+ Full Article: New Guide to 2014 State Budget: We Do the Math for YouGeorgia just took the wraps off a new fiscal year July 1, which means a new twelve-month budget calendar for all state spending on education, health care and other essential services. Today the Georgia Budget and Policy Institute is releasing its “Georgia Budget Primer 2014.” It is the latest edition of our annual budget guide…
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Georgia Budget Primer 2014
+ Full Article: Georgia Budget Primer 2014The Georgia Budget and Policy Institute (GBPI) is pleased to present its Georgia Budget Primer 2014, a guide to understanding the state’s revenue collections and its spending plan. The publication contains basics to help a novice digest the budget’s complexities. People well-versed in state budget matters will also want to return to this publication often…
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GBPI 2014 Primer: Health Care
+ Full Article: GBPI 2014 Primer: Health CareGeorgia is budgeting about $4 billion for health care in 2014, the second largest category of state investment. More than half of that is for Medicaid and PeachCare. People enrolled in the Aged, Blind, Disabled Medicaid program account for the bulk of the spending. The health care section also explains that if Georgia expands Medicaid…
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Pro-Family Tax Credits Help Guard Georgia’s Military Families from Poverty
+ Full Article: Pro-Family Tax Credits Help Guard Georgia’s Military Families from PovertyAn estimated 80,000 military families in Georgia, including both active-duty personnel and veterans, receive either the Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC) or the low-income component of the Child Tax Credit (CTC), two highly effective federal benefits that support working families as they try to reach the middle class. The tax credits keep around 7,500 military…
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Georgia can blaze own path to expand Medicaid coverage
+ Full Article: Georgia can blaze own path to expand Medicaid coverageThe Atlanta Journal-Constitution features Georgia Budget and Policy Institute’s Director of Health Policy Timothy Sweeney’s op-ed on Medicaid expansion in Georgia. As published in the Atlanta Journal-Constitution (subscription) Rather than continuing to flatly say “No” to more than half a million Georgians who could gain health insurance through expansion of Medicaid, Gov. Nathan Deal should…
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Medicaid Expansion Could be a Lifeline for Veterans
+ Full Article: Medicaid Expansion Could be a Lifeline for VeteransMemorial Day is one day we set aside to honor service members who lost their lives to protect this country’s freedoms. It is also a day to honor men and women who still serve, as well as those who have returned home. Unfortunately many face difficult transitions returning home to civilian life. More and more…
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Investigation Reveals Need for Business Subsidy Reforms
+ Full Article: Investigation Reveals Need for Business Subsidy ReformsGeorgia spends millions of dollars each year subsidizing companies that don’t always deliver on their promises of new jobs, according to a recent investigation by the Atlanta Journal-Constitution. But Georgia lawmakers could make these programs more effective and hold companies accountable with some common sense, business-friendly reforms found in other Southern states. The AJC report…
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Georgia Veterans Would Gain Health Coverage Through Expansion
+ Full Article: Georgia Veterans Would Gain Health Coverage Through ExpansionIf Georgia expands Medicaid in 2014, nearly 25,000 uninsured veterans and 7,000 of their spouses could get health coverage. That could mean nearly 45 percent of Georgia’s uninsured veterans and more than one-quarter of their uninsured spouses could get health coverage. Download the fact sheet.
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U.S. House Version of Farm Bill Threatens Nutrition Assistance for Georgia Families
+ Full Article: U.S. House Version of Farm Bill Threatens Nutrition Assistance for Georgia FamiliesThe U.S. House’s Agriculture Committee passed a farm bill this week that would cut more than $20 billion from the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP, formerly the Food Stamp Program) and other nutrition services. The cuts pose a threat to thousands of Georgia families struggling to put food on the table. The farm bill,…
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