GBPI In The News Gold dome preview: Eleven issues to watch during the 2016 legislative session January 8, 2016 / January 16, 2020 by GBPI Admin This coming Monday, state lawmakers will travel from the far reaches of the state—from Albany and Brunswick to Young Harris and Zebulon—to the Georgia State Capitol for the 2016 legislative session. Read more. Read more » coverage-gap health Legislature Medicaid Expansion
Health Justice Timothy Sweeney Struggling Health Care System Just Part of What Ails Rural Georgia November 20, 2015 / January 17, 2020 by Timothy Sweeney Georgia is burdened with a host of health challenges across the state, from an uninsured rate that ranks among the highest in the nation to its lack of health care providers. This figures to be exacerbated by a financial crisis at the rural hospital in Fort Oglethorpe this month. Many patients lack access to needed […] Read more » health Hospitals Rural
GBPI In The News Georgia lawmakers push Medicaid expansion in General Assembly October 21, 2015 / January 15, 2020 by GBPI Admin With 300,000 Georgians still without health care coverage, some members of the state Legislative delegation are pushing for an expansion of Medicaid for people who fall into the gap of no coverage. Read more. Read more » general-assembly health medicaid Tim Sweeney
Health Justice Timothy Sweeney Georgia’s Need to Close Coverage Gap Flagged by New Census Report September 23, 2015 / January 17, 2020 by Timothy Sweeney Nearly 300,000 fewer Georgians went without health insurance in 2014 compared to 2013, a decline of about 15 percent, according to newly released U.S. Census Bureau data. This improvement is no doubt good news for these newly insured Georgians. Many of them enrolled in health insurance plans thanks to new financial help available provided through […] Read more » health medicaid Medicaid Expansion Tim Sweeney
GBPI In The News Local leaders disagree on how far Medicaid should go July 30, 2015 / January 16, 2020 by GBPI Admin Problems with reimbursement have some doctors refusing to accept it Read more. Read more » health Medicaid Expansion
Blog Medicaid Turns 50: Half a Century of Providing Health Care to Georgians July 24, 2015 / January 16, 2020 by GBPI Admin By Ann Hedges This month, Medicaid turns 50. President Lyndon Johnson signed the landmark legislation into law July 30, 1965. Since its inception, Medicaid has provided health coverage to some of Georgia’s most vulnerable residents. Low-income seniors and people with disabilities get stable access to health care services through the Aged, Blind, and Disabled program. […] Read more » Ann Hedges health medicaid Medicaid Expansion
Blog Timothy Sweeney School District Employees Deserve Break from Rising Insurance Premiums July 10, 2015 / January 16, 2020 by Timothy Sweeney Just before the close of the 2015 fiscal year at the end of June, the state released a 24-page report examining the costs of Georgia’s State Health Benefit Plan. That is the health insurance plan for state employees, teachers, and other school district employees. The report is a requirement built into Georgia’s Amended 2015 budget and […] Read more » Education health Tim Sweeney
Blog Health Justice Timothy Sweeney Supreme Court Ruling Frees Georgia to Turn Attention to Closing Coverage Gap June 25, 2015 / January 16, 2020 by Timothy Sweeney Today the U.S. Supreme Court again upheld a key component of the Affordable Care Act against a politically-driven effort to dismantle the law through the court system. The ruling issued in King v. Burwell protects tax credits in states such as Georgia that chose to use the federal healthcare.gov marketplace rather than create their own […] Read more » health Tim Sweeney
Blog Timothy Sweeney North Carolina Mayor Makes Long Trek to Save Rural Hospitals June 4, 2015 / January 16, 2020 by Timothy Sweeney By Ann Hedges and Tim Sweeney On Monday, Belhaven, N.C. Mayor Adam O’Neal started a 283-mile walk to our nation’s capital to advocate for a way to reopen his community’s hospital. This is his second long trek to Washington, D.C. to draw attention to the struggles of rural health facilities since the Belhaven hospital shut […] Read more » Affordable Care Act health medicaid Medicaid Expansion Tim Sweeney
Blog Timothy Sweeney Georgia’s Medicaid “Experiment” a Tepid Response to Coverage Gap May 15, 2015 / January 15, 2020 by Timothy Sweeney State leaders at the Department of Community Health are reportedly working with a few Georgia hospitals to take advantage of language in the recently signed 2016 Georgia budget that allows the agency to seek a federal Medicaid waiver. The language included in the 2016 budget that authorizes the department to pursue a waiver appeared in […] Read more » Affordable Care Act health medicaid Medicaid Expansion State Budget Tim Sweeney
