GBPI Director of Health Policy Tim Sweeney is quoted in this article on Medicaid block grants; Sweeney says block grants will reduce the amount of money coming to states. Read full article here.
GBPI Director of Health Policy Tim Sweeney comments on the state’s decision to hold off on overhauling the Medicaid system. Read full article here.
Director of Health Policy Tim Sweeney says the state needs to consider Medicaid expansion options and address the problem, rather than put it off. Read full article here.
The Medicaid expansion created by the Affordable Care Act is the most cost-effective way for Georgia to ensure that hundreds of thousands of low-income Georgians can finally get health coverage. Furthermore, it will carry a variety of other benefits for
GBPI Director of Health Tim Sweeney is quoted in this article on the Affordable Care Act in Georgia; Sweeney says without Medicaid expansion, the state will still be faced with a high number of uninsured residents. Click here to read
GBPI Director of Health Policy Tim Sweeney is quoted in this article on Medicaid expansion; he agrees that many Georgians would be left without health insurance if the state does not opt for Medicaid expansion. Read full article here.
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GBPI is committed to tracking how the state of Georgia raises and spends fiscal resources. As the federal government has promised and provided some of these, cuts to programs and funding on the federal level could have deep and lasting impacts on Georgians and on the state’s ability to meet the needs of all its residents.
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