BRIDGE Georgia
Close the Gap
Nearly 300,000 Georgians are unable to afford private health insurance yet earn just above the threshold to qualify for Medicaid–leaving them caught in the healthcare coverage gap.
Georgians want a healthier Georgia. It’s time to close the gap.
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Make a Contribution
By donating to BRIDGE Georgia, you support our efforts to fight for expanded access to healthcare coverage. Your contribution is an investment in the economy and wellbeing of our state and will make a tangible difference in the lives of hardworking Georgians unable to afford care.
COALITION INSIGHTS
What Leaders Are Saying
“Cancer is the second leading cause of death in Georgia. Studies have shown that cancer screening and survival rates increase in states that have expanded access to Medicaid. Georgia CORE stands by efforts to close the coverage gap for all Georgians, so more lives can be saved.”
Lynn M. Durham, President and CEO, Georgia CORE
Recent Updates
Opinion: Support Georgia vets by closing the coverage gap
Georgia veteran and advocate Andrew Davenport explains how closing the coverage gap would help veterans who struggle to access benefits when they return from service.
Opinion: Closing the health care coverage gap would boost Georgia’s economy
New research finds that closing the coverage gap would spur more than 51,000 new jobs.
Statement Regarding FY2025 Budget
We are pleased that Governor Kemp signed into law $200,000 for a commission to study the need for closing the health care coverage gap in Georgia.
Opinion: Georgians can’t wait. Close health care coverage gap now
Closing the gap would help hardworking farmers, gig workers, parents and more than 30,000 veterans and their spouses who contribute to our economy and need affordable health care.
Bookman: As Georgia hands out big tax breaks, state leaders flunk Medicaid expansion math
There are no more lame excuses, no more what-ifs or just-supposes. There is only cruel obstinance.
Operating in the red: half of rural hospitals lose money; many cut services
Half of rural hospitals lost money in the past year, up from 43% the previous year.