Blog Featured Health Justice Laura Harker Several remedies show promise for Georgia’s health care provider shortage June 16, 2016 / February 26, 2021 by Laura Harker Last week, the North Georgia Medical Center in Ellijay, Georgia closed and left yet another county with a shortage of hospital beds. In light of this and other recent hospital closures, a newly released report from GBPI outlines potential solutions to Georgia’s ongoing struggle with lack of doctors, nurses and health staff to meet the […] Read more » medicaid Rural hospitals
Blog Budget and Taxes Featured Health Justice Timothy Sweeney Georgia Misses Big Opportunity to Help Struggling Rural Hospitals April 22, 2016 / January 16, 2020 by Timothy Sweeney First published in the SW Georgia Health Beat on page 23. The good news is Georgia lawmakers understand something must be done to help the state’s struggling rural hospitals. Calhoun Memorial Hospital closed in Arlington in recent years, as did Flint River Hospital in Macon County and too many others serving Georgia’s rural communities. The not […] Read more » medicaid Rural hospitals State Taxes Tim Sweeney
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
Budget and Taxes Budget Primer Featured Library Policy Areas Reports Georgia Budget Primer 2016 August 5, 2015 / March 23, 2021 by GBPI Admin Where does the money for Georgia’s $21.8 billion budget come from this year? How does the new transportation tax work? Is Georgia finally funding K-12 education at the level called for in its own formula? GBPI’s “Georgia Budget Primer 2016” answers these questions and many more in 44 pages designed to provide a clear explanation […] Read more » Department of Human Services Education Georgia Budget Primer K-12 medicaid Medicaid Expansion State Budget State Taxes
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
GBPI In The News Feds make financial pitch for Medicaid expansion June 5, 2015 / January 16, 2020 by GBPI Admin The Obama administration rolled out new statistics this week to buttress the argument that Georgia should expand its Medicaid program. Read more. Read more » health insurance medicaid 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
GBPI In The News Grady Health System outlines plan to transform care for the uninsured May 8, 2015 / January 15, 2020 by GBPI Admin Grady Health System realized it couldn’t count on Medicaid expansion anytime soon, so it went looking for a different path. Read more. Read more » health insurance medicaid Tim Sweeney
