Budget and Taxes Press Releases & Statements GBPI statement in response to the passage of the congressional stopgap bill October 3, 2023 / October 3, 2023 by Anthony Hill GBPI statement in response to the passage of the congressional stopgap bill ATLANTA, GEORGIA — Today, the Georgia Budget and Policy Institute (GBPI) released a statement in response to Congress averting a government shutdown by passing a stopgap bill allowing agencies and programs that rely on annual appropriations to remain operational until November 17, 2023. […] Read more » health health-care medicaid Medicaid Expansion Pathways to Coverage Press Release tax and budget
Budget and Taxes Press Releases & Statements PRESS RELEASE: The Georgia Budget and Policy Institute Receives Research Grant from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation September 13, 2023 / September 13, 2023 by Anthony Hill PRESS RELEASE: The Georgia Budget and Policy Institute Receives Research Grant from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation ATLANTA, GEORGIA — Today, the Georgia Budget and Policy Institute (GBPI) announced a strategic grant from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, enabling the organization to monitor and assess the impact of Georgia’s Pathways to Coverage program, which came […] Read more » health health-care medicaid Medicaid Expansion Pathways to Coverage Press Release tax and budget
GBPI In The News CNN: Georgia is now the only state with work requirements in Medicaid August 9, 2023 by Anthony Hill Georgia is now the only state in the US to implement work requirements in its Medicaid program – a feat many Republican lawmakers nationwide will be closely monitoring. But unlike GOP-led states’ prior attempts to impose work mandates in Medicaid, Georgia’s effort is expected to increase the number of people with health insurance, rather than […] Read more » health-care medicaid Medicaid Expansion Pathways to Coverage tax and budget work requirements
GBPI In The News More than 63,000 Georgia kids lost Medicaid access to doctor last month snared in red tape July 31, 2023 / August 9, 2023 by Anthony Hill Children accounted for about two-thirds of the nearly 96,000 Georgians who lost their Medicaid coverage last month as part of the nationwide unwinding of a pandemic-era federal policy. And most of the children – 63,481 of them – had their health insurance terminated for procedural reasons, according to information provided by the state Department of […] Read more » CHIP health-care medicaid medicaid unwinding
GBPI In The News Nearly 100,000 low-income Georgians lost Medicaid health coverage last month July 13, 2023 / July 31, 2023 by Anthony Hill More Georgians who went through the Medicaid unwinding process last month lost their coverage than kept it, with nearly 100,000 people dropped from the public health insurance program in just one month, according to new state data released Wednesday. The people who went through Medicaid redetermination last month represent the largest group yet to go […] Read more » CHIP health-care medicaid medicaid unwinding
Blog Cash and Safety Net Economic Justice Health Justice Ife Finch Floyd Leah Chan Legislation Could Better Address Georgia’s Black Maternal Health Crisis July 5, 2023 / July 5, 2023 by Ife Finch Floyd This policy brief is co-authored by Director of Economic Justice Ife Finch Floyd and Director of Health Justice Leah Chan. The vision cast by Black leaders and scholars of “a world where Black women and birthing people have the rights, respect, and resources to thrive before, during, and after pregnancy” is attainable and fundamental to […] Read more » Access to Care access to resources Black birthing people Black maternal health Black women equity Georgia legislation health crisis health equity medicaid paid leave reproductive rights TANF
GBPI In The News The Associated Press: Georgia launches Medicaid expansion in closely watched test of work requirements June 30, 2023 / July 12, 2023 by Anthony Hill | 1 Comment on The Associated Press: Georgia launches Medicaid expansion in closely watched test of work requirements ATLANTA (AP) — Georgia is offering a new bargain to some adults without health insurance beginning Saturday: Go to work or school and the state will cover you. But advocates decry the plan, which will insure far fewer people than a full expansion of the state-federal Medicaid program, as needlessly restrictive and expensive. The program […] Read more » health-care medicaid Medicaid Expansion Pathways to Coverage work requirements
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 2024 June 27, 2023 / June 26, 2023 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. FY 2024 Budget for Human Services The fiscal year (FY) 2024 budget includes $985 million for the Department of Human Services (DHS). It also includes a cost-of-living adjustment (COLA) for state […] Read more » Budget Department of Human Services DHS foster-care FY 2024 Human Services medicaid Social Services State Budget Workforce Challenges
Budget Primer Health Justice Leah Chan Reports Georgia Health Budget Primer for State Fiscal Year 2024 June 27, 2023 / July 5, 2023 by Leah Chan Georgia’s 2024 Health Budget The Departments of Behavioral Health and Developmental Disabilities, Community Health and Public Health are the primary agencies focused on the state’s health care and public health systems. Georgia plans to provide $6.7 billion in state funds for these three agencies in the fiscal year (FY) 2024 budget year, or about 21 […] 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
GBPI In The News Politico: Georgia’s Medicaid is on lawmakers’ minds June 20, 2023 / July 12, 2023 by Anthony Hill ALL EYES ON GEORGIA’S MEDICAID — Georgia is set to become the first state in five years to add work requirements to Medicaid, a move likely to be scrutinized amid a national debate over the issue, POLITICO’s Robert King reports. On July 1, the state will launch the Georgia Pathways to Coverage program, which offers […] Read more » health-care medicaid Medicaid Expansion Pathways to Coverage
