News & Resources
Downloadable Resources
Videos
Closing the Healthcare Coverage Gap in Georgia
Statement from BRIDGE Georgia Chair on Passage of Budget Reconciliation Act
Reconciliation Bill Delivers Blow to Healthcare System and State Economies Georgia First Urges State Leaders to Minimize Harm, Protect Georgians and State Economy July 4, 2025 Natalie Crawford, Founder & Executive Director of Georgia First and chair of the BRIDGE...
A Surgeon’s Warning: Medicaid Cuts Will Deepen the Health Care Crisis
GUEST COMMENTARY Our Health Care System is Struggling. Kicking People Off Medicaid Will Only Make It Worse. By: Dr. Karen Gersch, Cardiothoracic surgeon with Georgia Heart Institute in Gainesville, GA As a cardiothoracic surgeon, I am often treating patients in...
BRIDGE Georgia & American Cancer Society – Cancer Action Network Press Conference at Liberty Plaza
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Georgia First/BRIDGE GA Contact: Anna Britt, anna@waxmanstrategies.com 540-808-6963 American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network (ACS CAN) Contact: Stacy Jacobson, stacy.jacobson@cancer.org 443-610-3627 Georgia First, BRIDGE...
Scheduled Press Conference
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Date: May 12, 2025 Georgia First/BRIDGE GA Contact: Anna Britt, anna@waxmanstrategies.com 540-808-6963 American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network (ACS CAN) Contact: Stacy Jacobson, stacy.jacobson@cancer.org 443-610-3627 MEDIA...
Act Now – Georgia Pathways Renewal Application Public Comment Deadline Extended by DCH
March 7, 2025 Contact: Anna Britt Anna@waxmanstrategies.com New Opportunity for Public Comment on Georgia Pathways® Renewal Application State Adds a Third Public Hearing and Extends Electronic Public Comment Submission Deadline to March 19, 2025 Natalie...
2025 BRIDGE Georgia Healthcare Influencer Day at the Georgia State Capitol
Tell your state leaders, it’s time to close the healthcare coverage gap! The BRIDGE Georgia healthcare coalition will host the 2025 Annual Influencer Day at the State Capitol. Join us as we all work together to close Georgia’s healthcare coverage gap! We’re connecting...
BRIDGE Georgia Statement on Comprehensive Healthcare Coverage Commission’s First-year Report
Coalition Applauds CHCC’s Initial Steps and Looks Forward to Robust Exploration of Medicaid Expansion Natalie Crawford, Chair of BRIDGE Georgia and Founder & Executive Director of Georgia First, released the following statement today: This week, the Comprehensive...
Opinion: Georgia’s Small Businesses Need Healthcare Coverage
Thelma Johnson has spent 25 years helping businesses thrive with Albany Community Together. But increasingly, she sees a lack of affordable health care as a barrier to small businesses success.
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.