Alan Essig Blog And Now it’s Time to Say Sine Die April 2, 2015 / January 15, 2020 by Alan Essig | 10 Comments on And Now it’s Time to Say Sine Die As the 2015 legislative session comes to an end so does my time in Georgia. After 25 years in Georgia, the last 11 as executive director of the Georgia Budget and Policy Institute, I move to Michigan in a few weeks. It certainly has been a long, strange trip. It’s hard to believe how far […] Read more » Alan Essig Medicaid Expansion State Budget
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
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
Author Fact Sheets Featured Timothy Sweeney The Dollars and Sense of Expanding Medicaid in Georgia February 18, 2013 / January 15, 2020 by Timothy Sweeney Georgia should take advantage of new federal funding to expand Medicaid in 2014 to boost Georgia’s economy and create tens of thousands of new jobs, all while extending health coverage to hundreds of thousands of Georgians. Download the fact sheet. Read more » medicaid Medicaid Expansion
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
GBPI In The News Georgia’s Gov. Nathan Deal being left behind as other Republican governors endorse Medicaid expansion February 10, 2013 / January 15, 2020 by GBPI Admin GBPI Director of Health Policy Timothy Sweeney’s op-ed on Medicaid expansion is featured in the Saporta Report; read full article here. Read more » health medicaid Medicaid Expansion Tim Sweeney
Author Blog Health Justice Timothy Sweeney More GOP Governor Support Emerges for Medicaid Expansion February 6, 2013 / January 15, 2020 by Timothy Sweeney | 1 Comment on More GOP Governor Support Emerges for Medicaid Expansion This week, two more Republican governors came out in support for taking advantage of new federal funding to ensure health coverage for more of their state’s residents. Ohio Gov. John Kasich and Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder bring to six the number of GOP governors who have announced they will move forward to expand Medicaid. Even […] Read more » health medicaid Medicaid Expansion Tim Sweeney
