Budget Primer Health Justice Hillary Dong Reports Georgia Housing Budget Primer for State Fiscal Year 2025 August 8, 2024 / August 8, 2024 by Hillary Dong The 20-Year View This year, on our 20th anniversary, GBPI is including for the first time a feature on housing to underscore the historical and continuing critical role that housing plays in the health of Georgians every single day. In the past 20 years, access to housing has become more difficult. In 2002, 42.7% of […] Read more » Access to Care Behavioral Health Budget Analysis Community Health Developmental Disabilities Disease Prevention federal funding FY 2024 Health Budget General Fund health coverage Health Priorities Health Spending Low-Income Georgians medicaid Medicaid Expansion mental health Pathways to Coverage Public Health Retention State Funds Substance Use Disorders Workforce Recruitment
Budget Primer Health Justice Leah Chan Reports Georgia Health Budget Primer for State Fiscal Year 2025 August 8, 2024 / August 8, 2024 by Leah Chan The 20-Year View In 2004-2005, Georgia had the 8th highest uninsured rated in the nation, and in 2022, the 3rd highest. Over the last 20 years, GBPI has continued to advocate for health care access achieving incremental but meaningful wins like the 2023 elimination of the 5-year Medicaid waiting period for pregnant women and children […] Read more » Access to Care Behavioral Health Budget Analysis Community Health Developmental Disabilities Disease Prevention federal funding FY 2024 Health Budget General Fund health coverage Health Priorities Health Spending Low-Income Georgians medicaid Medicaid Expansion mental health Pathways to Coverage Public Health Retention State Funds Substance Use Disorders Workforce Recruitment
Budget Primer Cash and Safety Net Economic Justice Ife Finch Floyd Ray Khalfani Reports Worker Justice Georgia Human Services Budget Primer for State Fiscal Year 2025 August 8, 2024 / August 8, 2024 by Ife Finch Floyd This section is co-authored by Director of Economic Justice Ife Finch Floyd and Senior Analyst of Worker Justice and Criminal Legal Systems Ray Khalfani. The 20-Year View In 2004 and again in 2022, the most recent year for which data is available, approximately 1 in 5 children lived in poverty. In addition, about 1 in […] Read more » Budget Department of Human Services DHS foster-care FY 2024 Human Services medicaid Social Services State Budget Workforce Challenges
Budget and Taxes Health Justice Leah Chan Reports Overview: 2025 Fiscal Year Budget for the Department of Community Health February 7, 2024 / February 7, 2024 by Leah Chan The Department of Community Health administers the state’s healthcare safety net, reimburses hospitals for services provided to uninsured and underinsured Georgians, manages health insurance coverage for state and school system employees, and regulates health and long-term care facilities. Governor Kemp’s budget proposal for Fiscal Year (FY) 2025 provides the Department with $5.2 billion […] Read more » Department of Community Health health-care medicaid patients first act PeachCare
GBPI In The News Press State lawmakers look for solutions to Georgia’s maternal mortality crisis January 4, 2024 / January 5, 2024 by Lauren Frazier With Georgia’s maternal mortality rates among the worst in the country, state lawmakers and advocates gathered on Thursday to share ideas and solutions to improve outcomes. The Georgia House Democratic Caucus hosted a statewide public hearing at the Georgia Capitol seeking answers to decrease worsening infant and maternal mortality throughout the state. Over a dozen […] Read more » Black maternal health GBPI Georgia Health Care Access Health Care Coverage Health Care Disparities Health Care Equity maternal health maternal mortality medicaid medicaid unwinding
Health Justice Press Releases & Statements GBPI Releases Statement in Response to Georgia Being Ranked Among Worst in Nation for Kicking Kids Off Medicaid December 18, 2023 / December 20, 2023 by Lauren Frazier ATLANTA, GEORGIA — Leah Chan, Director of Health Justice for the Georgia Budget and Policy Institute (GBPI) has issued a statement expressing deep concern over the substantial decline in Medicaid and PeachCare enrollment for children in Georgia. Recent data reveals a troubling 9% decrease in child enrollment, equivalent to 149,080 children, since March 2023. In a […] Read more » Affordable Health Care Children's Health Care Community Health expansions to health care access FY 2024 Projection FY2023 GBPI Georgia Budget and Policy Institute Georgia Health News georgia-budget Georgians for a Healthy Future governor kemp health-care medicaid Medicaid Expansion medicaid unwinding
GBPI In The News Press Kemp’s plan to extend Medicaid to more Georgians is rolling out slowly and ineffectively so far October 23, 2023 / November 7, 2023 by Lauren Frazier A policy expert with the Georgia Budget and Policy Institute says low enrollment numbers do not match the state’s $20 million dollar investment in Gov. Brian Kemp’s program to expand health care coverage in Georgia. The governor’s plan, called Pathways to Coverage, is meant to help more lower income Georgians receive Medicaid health insurance, but […] Read more » GBPI Georgia Health Care Access Health Care Coverage Health Care Disparities Health Care Equity medicaid medicaid unwinding
GBPI In The News Press Georgia Pathways work requirement Medicaid expansion sees few enrollees in first quarter October 20, 2023 / November 7, 2023 by Lauren Frazier Georgia officials say they’re working to spread awareness of Georgia Pathways to Coverage, the work-requirement Medicaid program the state launched earlier this year. So far, fewer than 1,400 people are participating. Georgia Republican Gov. Brian Kemp has long touted Pathways as an effective way to cover more uninsured Georgians who don’t qualify for traditional Medicaid health […] Read more » GBPI Georgia Health Care Access Health Care Coverage Health Care Disparities Health Care Equity medicaid medicaid unwinding
GBPI In The News Press Georgia’s plan to expand Medicaid enrolls fewer than 2,000 so far October 20, 2023 / November 7, 2023 by Lauren Frazier UPDATE: Hours after the AJC told Kemp’s office this story would report the apparent violation of the Open Records Act, the state Department of Community Health began providing the enrollment records requested under the law, and denied violating the law. Gov. Brian Kemp’s plan to offer Medicaid health coverage to 370,000 of Georgia’s poorest uninsured […] Read more » GBPI Georgia Health Care Access Health Care Coverage Health Care Disparities Health Care Equity medicaid medicaid unwinding
Health Justice Press Releases & Statements PRESS RELEASE: Georgia’s Pathways to Coverage Program Falls Short of Enrollment Projections October 20, 2023 / October 19, 2023 by Lauren Frazier ATLANTA, GEORGIA — Today, the Georgia Budget & Policy Institute (GBPI) and Georgians for a Healthy Future (GHF) issued statements in response to the announcement by Georgia’s Department of Community Health regarding enrollment figures for the Pathways to Coverage Medicaid Program. Georgia’s Department of Community Health has revealed that it has enrolled about 1,300 Georgians […] Read more » Affordable Health Care Children's Health Care Community Health expansions to health care access FY 2024 Projection FY2023 GBPI Georgia Budget and Policy Institute Georgia Health News georgia-budget Georgians for a Healthy Future governor kemp health-care medicaid Medicaid Expansion medicaid unwinding
