Budget and Taxes Health Justice Policy Areas Reports Lawmakers Protect Medicaid, Funding Gaps Loom for 2012: Analysis of FY 2011 Health Care Budgets June 21, 2010 / January 15, 2020 by GBPI Staff Lawmakers 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 […] Read more » Department of Behavioral Health & Developmental Disabilities Department of Community Health FY 2011 health medicaid PeachCare Recovery Act State Budget Tim Sweeney
Budget and Taxes Health Justice Policy Areas Reports House FY 2011 Health Care Budgets Highlights April 16, 2010 / January 15, 2020 by GBPI Staff The House of Reps’ FY 2011 budget cuts General Fund spending in the Department of Community Health (DCH) by $285.4 million relative to the originally enacted FY 2010 budget. In addition, the House budget reflects lost state funding from the Tobacco Settlement and from the Care Management Organization fee totaling $207.2 million. Download the PDF. Read more » Care Management Organization fee DCH Department of Community Health FY 2011 health State Budget tobacco settlement
Budget and Taxes Health Justice Policy Areas Reports Highlights of the Governor’s Amended FY 2010 & FY 2011 Health Care Budget Proposals January 25, 2010 / October 13, 2026 by GBPI Staff Download PDF The enacted fiscal year (FY) 2010 budget spared the Department of Community Health (DCH) from large-scale program cuts because enhanced federal Medicaid funding from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 as well as additional Tobacco Settlement funds were used to replace DCH state General Fund spending. This report also highlights the […] Read more » DCH Department of Community Health health medicaid State Budget Tobacco Settlement funds
