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 WABE: First batch of Georgians lose Medicaid, PeachCare for Kids during ‘unwinding’ June 12, 2023 / July 12, 2023 by Anthony Hill The Georgia Department of Community Health reports at least 1,581 Georgians on Medicaid are losing their health insurance during the so-called Medicaid unwinding that is now underway across the country. For months, health advocates have sounded the alarm that many who remain eligible for coverage could be cut off for avoidable problems, such as missing […] Read more » health-care Medicaid Expansion medicaid unwinding PeachCare
Health Justice Leah Chan New Legislation and Continued Failure to Expand Medicaid Put Georgia’s Health Care Safety Net on Uncertain Path May 3, 2023 / May 5, 2023 by Leah Chan State Plans to Launch Two New, State-Run Health Care Programs While Unwinding Medicaid Continuous Coverage In April 2023, the state began the 14-month process to redetermine the eligibility of all 2.7 million Georgians covered by Medicaid and PeachCare. On its own, this process is a massive, complex undertaking. It places pressure on our state agencies […] Read more » continuous coverage Department of Human Services DHS Georgia Access Model health insurance health insurance marketplace medicaid medicaid unwinding PeachCare
GBPI In The News 2.7 million Georgians must recertify for Medicaid, Peachcare after April 1 March 30, 2023 / May 1, 2023 by Anthony Hill Three years ago, in March 2020, as the pandemic began, Congress authorized emergency funding bill that allowed millions of Americans to keep their Medicaid coverage without having to get re-certified every year. The goal was to prevent Medicaid recipients from losing coverage during the public health emergency. Since the policy went into effect, Leah Chan, […] Read more » medicaid Medicaid Expansion medicaid unwinding PeachCare
Budget and Taxes Health Justice Leah Chan Reports Overview: 2024 Fiscal Year Budget for the Department of Community Health February 8, 2023 / February 8, 2023 by Leah Chan Gov. Kemp’s budget proposal for Fiscal Year (FY) 2024 provides Georgia’s health care safety net with $4.2 billion in state general funds, a $370 million or nine percent increase above current funding. Most of the increase is accounted for by shifts in annual re-calculations of the federal matching rate for Medicaid and PeachCare, […] Read more » Department of Community Health health-care medicaid patients first act PeachCare
Budget and Taxes Health Justice Reports Overview: 2023 Fiscal Year Budget for the Department of Community Health February 8, 2022 / March 7, 2022 by David Schaefer Gov. Brian Kemp proposed a 2023 budget of $3.9 billion in state general funds for the Department of Community Health (DCH). General funds for the agency increased by $516 million from the 2022 fiscal year, mostly to offset the expected loss of federal Medicaid matching funds and account for growth in Medicaid expenses.[1] […] Read more » Department of Community Health health-care medicaid patients first act PeachCare
Budget and Taxes Health Justice Laura Harker Reports Overview: 2022 Fiscal Year Budget for the Department of Community Health February 5, 2021 / February 5, 2021 by Laura Harker Gov. Brian Kemp proposed a 2022 budget of $3.48 billion in state general funds for the Department of Community Health. General funds for the agency increased by $430 million from the 2021 fiscal year, mostly to offset the expected loss of federal Medicaid matching funds and account for growth in Medicaid expenses. Federal […] Read more » Department of Community Health health-care medicaid patients first act PeachCare
Blog Coronavirus Health Justice Laura Harker People Powered Prosperity Fighting COVID-19 in Georgia With Medicaid and New Funding March 18, 2020 / November 17, 2020 by Laura Harker The first cases of novel coronavirus (COVID-19) in Georgia were reported on March 3, 2020, and the number of people with the virus continues to rise statewide and across the nation. Efforts are underway to help slow the spread of the virus and increase health system capacity for testing and treatment. President Trump declared a […] Read more » coronavirus COVID-19 medicaid PeachCare Public Health
Fact Sheets Health Justice Inclusive Economy for Immigrants Laura Harker Five-Year Waiting Period Is a Barrier to Immigrant Health Care Access October 21, 2019 / May 19, 2020 by Laura Harker | 1 Comment on Five-Year Waiting Period Is a Barrier to Immigrant Health Care Access Before 2017, the national uninsured rate for children declined for nearly 10 years; however, the share of uninsured children suddenly increased that year (the most recent year available). In Georgia, the number of children without health insurance increased by 21,000. There are many reasons that progress to covering more children has stalled, including cuts to […] Read more » CHIP health immigrants immigration medicaid PeachCare
Budget and Taxes Health Justice Laura Harker Reports Overview: 2020 Fiscal Year Budget for Department of Community Health February 1, 2019 / October 13, 2026 by Laura Harker Download PDF Governor Brian Kemp proposed a 2020 budget of $2.96 billion in state general funds for the Department of Community Health. This increase of $181.5 million from the 2019 fiscal year, mostly offsets a decrease in the federal matching rate for Medicaid and accounts for growth in Medicaid expenses. Federal funding for the agency […] Read more » Budget department health medicaid Medicaid Expansion PeachCare State Budget
