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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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Georgia & Federal Government Ensure Elderly and Newborns Have Safety Net
+ Full Article: Georgia & Federal Government Ensure Elderly and Newborns Have Safety NetGeorgia’s Medicaid program is a significant payer of healthcare services for some of Georgia’s most vulnerable residents. This fact sheet provides an overview about who is served by the Medicaid program, how costs vary by population, and the income-eligibility criteria for Georgia’s Medicaid and PeachCare programs. Download the PDF.
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New Federal Tax Credit Benefits 84% of Small Businesses in Georgia
+ Full Article: New Federal Tax Credit Benefits 84% of Small Businesses in GeorgiaThe new healthcare law (the Affordable Care Act) includes new tax credits to help small businesses provide health insurance for their employees. This fact sheet examines the new tax credits and how they could help nearly 120,000 small businesses in Georgia better afford health coverage for their employees. Download the PDF.
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More Georgians Lack Employer Coverage
+ Full Article: More Georgians Lack Employer CoverageThis fact sheet provides the latest Affordable Care Act on health coverage and uninsured rates for Georgia. The data shows the dramatic gap in coverage for low-income working age adults, and describes how the Affordable Care Act will expand access for these Georgians. Download the PDF.
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Advancing Georgia’s 1930s Tax System to the Modern Day
+ Full Article: Advancing Georgia’s 1930s Tax System to the Modern DayThe report offers recommendations to the 2010 Tax Reform Council that stress a workable combination of raising enough money to meet Georgia’s needs, updating the system to reflect today’s economy, and tying the system more closely to ability to pay. Download the PDF.
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Georgia Once Again Faces Budget Shortfall: Gov Orders Hundreds of Millions of Dollars in More Cuts
+ Full Article: Georgia Once Again Faces Budget Shortfall: Gov Orders Hundreds of Millions of Dollars in More CutsAs the state begins its 2011 fiscal year it is facing another potential budget shortfall of approx $500 million. This is on top of the $2.5 billion in cuts already implemented since FY 2009. Among the three causes is the failure by Congress to extend the enhanced Medicaid match for states. All departments are affected,…
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Adding Up the Fiscal Notes 2010: Gov Vetoes Revenue Drains, but Signs Law to Raise Taxes on Poor
+ Full Article: Adding Up the Fiscal Notes 2010: Gov Vetoes Revenue Drains, but Signs Law to Raise Taxes on PoorThe General Assembly passed bills to raise $438 million and improve tax collections during the recent legislative session, but it continued to pass long-term tax cuts in this recession, disregarded other revenue proposals, and shifted taxes onto middle- and low-income Georgians. The governor vetoed a bill with the most costly tax breaks, but signed one…
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State Directs Majority of TANF Funds to Child Welfare Despite Rise in TANF Recipients for FY 2011
+ Full Article: State Directs Majority of TANF Funds to Child Welfare Despite Rise in TANF Recipients for FY 2011Georgia has 13.7% cumulatively less TANF funds than it had to use for families struggling to make ends meet prior to the Great Recession. Even with less available funding and rising poverty, policymakers continue to use 60% of TANF funds to replace state funds for child welfare-related services while cutting TANF funds from state programs…
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Lawmakers Protect Medicaid, Funding Gaps Loom for 2012: Analysis of FY 2011 Health Care Budgets
+ Full Article: Lawmakers Protect Medicaid, Funding Gaps Loom for 2012: Analysis of FY 2011 Health Care BudgetsLawmakers cut Department of Community Health by $236.8 million and increased support for the Department of Behavioral Health & Developmental Disabilities by 9.3 percent. There are no cuts to Medicaid or PeachCare eligibility; the budget has new revenue from a provider fee to increase reimbursement rates to hospitals. The budget is heavily reliant on enhanced…
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Deep Cuts to Government Mark Fiscal Year 2011, Budget May Yet Be in the Red
+ Full Article: Deep Cuts to Government Mark Fiscal Year 2011, Budget May Yet Be in the RedThe Great Recession has resulted in the worst fiscal crisis in more than 70 years, resulting in multi-billion dollar deficits. Although Recovery Act funds help, lawmakers’ strategy to slash impacts every facet of state government, resulting in severe service cuts as well as layoffs/furloughs of thousands of teachers/employees. The irony is that as Georgia is…
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