Author Blog Health Justice Timothy Sweeney Mixed Bag for Georgians’ Health Care in 2015 Legislature April 27, 2015 / January 15, 2020 by Timothy Sweeney Georgia lawmakers left town earlier this month after producing a 2016 state spending plan that invests no more money overall for health care than the state did last year. Georgia ranks near the bottom of all states for health care investment and the consequences include hundreds of thousands of uninsured Georgians and hospitals that struggle […] Read more » health Tim Sweeney
Health Justice Timothy Sweeney Missed Opportunity to Extend Health Care to More Georgians April 2, 2015 / January 15, 2020 by Timothy Sweeney Georgia is home to the fifth most residents without health coverage of any state according to 2013 data, the latest available. Despite this poor ranking, Georgia’s leaders continue to refuse new federal funding to close Georgia’s coverage gap. Accepting this money could extend health coverage to as many as 500,000 uninsured Georgians, while pumping billions of dollars into […] Read more » Affordable Care Act health medicaid Medicaid Expansion Tim Sweeney
Health Justice Timothy Sweeney Lawmakers Can Use Legislative Offseason to Get Serious About Health Care April 1, 2015 / January 15, 2020 by Timothy Sweeney | 2 Comments on Lawmakers Can Use Legislative Offseason to Get Serious About Health Care Education reform? Check. More revenue for transportation maintenance? Check. What’s missing here? Ahhh, Georgia’s ailing health care system didn’t get much attention from state lawmakers as they wound down the 2015 session this week. Kudos to House and Senate leaders who compromised on a transportation plan. We can all agree improving the opportunity for Georgia’s […] Read more » health Tim Sweeney
Author Blog Timothy Sweeney Georgia’s Planned 2016 Health Spending – Modest Changes, Big Challenges February 12, 2015 / January 15, 2020 by Timothy Sweeney The proposed 2016 state budget directs $3.6 billion from the general fund to Georgia’s three health care focused agencies, the departments of community health, public health, and behavioral health and developmental disabilities. The total reaches $4.2 billion when you add in provider fees levied on hospitals and nursing homes in Georgia and Tobacco Settlement money, […] Read more » Affordable Care Act health medicaid Medicaid Expansion Tim Sweeney
Blog John McCosh State Budget, Schools and Health Care Made for Lively GBPI Conference January 9, 2015 / January 15, 2020 by John McCosh State revenues are growing just enough for Georgia to do little more than tread water. Georgia lawmakers need to address hurdles that hinder the state’s schoolchildren, such as lack of funding and early childhood education. And a growing number of states are finding ways to close the health insurance coverage gap through Medicaid expansion. Those […] Read more » Affordable Care Act Alan Essig Education health Legislative Update State Budget
Author Blog Health Justice Timothy Sweeney Health Insurance Marketplace No Substitute for Medicaid Expansion August 9, 2013 / January 16, 2020 by Timothy Sweeney You may have seen recent published claims that Georgians left without health insurance as a result of the state’s failure to expand Medicaid can simply get no-cost coverage through the new Health Insurance Marketplace. Not so fast. First, let’s be clear about what needs to be solved. Lack of health coverage is a huge problem […] Read more » Affordable Care Act health medicaid Medicaid Expansion Tim Sweeney
Author Blog Health Justice Timothy Sweeney Report: Medicaid Expansion Good for Georgia Workers July 19, 2013 / January 15, 2020 by Timothy Sweeney | 2 Comments on Report: Medicaid Expansion Good for Georgia Workers Expanding Medicaid eligibility to cover more uninsured adults beginning in 2014 would benefit Georgians from all walks of life, urban and rural, older and younger adults, and hundreds of thousands of workers without coverage. A new “HealthVoices” report from the Healthcare Georgia Foundation analyzes the demographics of Georgians who could get new eligibility for coverage […] Read more » health Medicaid Expansion Tim Sweeney
Author Blog Health Justice Timothy Sweeney New Jersey Governor Joins GOP Leaders Who Now Support Medicaid Expansion February 26, 2013 / January 17, 2020 by Timothy Sweeney | 1 Comment on New Jersey Governor Joins GOP Leaders Who Now Support Medicaid Expansion New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie announced today he will expand Medicaid coverage in his state, becoming the eighth Republican governor to change course and embrace the expansion. Florida Gov. Rick Scott announced last week his state will expand Medicaid coverage, joining Christie and New Mexico Gov. Susanna Martinez as members of the Republican Governors Association’s […] Read more » health medicaid Medicaid Expansion
Fact Sheets Featured Health Justice Timothy Sweeney Official Figures Overstate Fiscal Impact of Medicaid Expansion February 26, 2013 / January 17, 2020 by Timothy Sweeney State officials claim Medicaid expansion is unaffordable by overstating the real cost of covering newly eligible Georgians. State estimates claim it will cost $4.5 billion to expand Medicaid. But the official estimate includes more than $2 billion of future costs that are not caused by Medicaid expansion. Removing cost increases that occur with our without […] Read more » health medicaid Medicaid Expansion Tim Sweeney
Blog Health Justice Timothy Sweeney Georgia’s Gov. Nathan Deal being left behind as other Republican governors endorse Medicaid expansion February 11, 2013 / January 15, 2020 by Timothy Sweeney The Saporta Report features Georgia Budget and Policy Institute’s Director of Health Policy Timothy Sweeney’s op-ed on Medicaid expansion. As published in the Saporta Report. A rule of thumb holds that when something happens three times in short order, it’s a trend. So it’s fair to say that the melting resistance to Medicaid expansion among […] Read more » health Medicaid Expansion Tim Sweeney
