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Opinion: Georgians can’t wait. Close health care coverage gap now
Do you know someone who doesn’t have health insurance? Odds are the answer is yes. Perhaps, it’s the cashier at your local grocery store. The construction worker who waves when you pass by each morning. Or a member of your family, who is holding down a part-time job...
Bookman: As Georgia hands out big tax breaks, state leaders flunk Medicaid expansion math
by Jay Bookman There is no cogent economic, political, practical or moral justification for the state of Georgia to continue to reject expansion of Medicaid. There are no more lame excuses, no more what-ifs or just-supposes. There is only cruel obstinance. Forty...
Operating in the red: half of rural hospitals lose money; many cut services
By Jazmin Orozco Rodriguez – KFF Health News In a little more than two years as CEO of a small hospital in Wyoming, Dave Ryerse has witnessed firsthand the worsening financial problems eroding rural hospitals nationwide. In 2022, Ryerse’s South Lincoln Medical Center...
Watch: Natalie Crawford Testifies in Front of the Senate Committee on Regulated Industries and Utilities
Georgia First Executive Director Natalie Crawford testified in support of closing the healthcare coverage gap at a hearing of the Senate Committee on Regulated Industries and Utilities on March 21, 2024. The Committee held a robust and productive discussion on a plan...
Why Republicans Support Closing Georgia’s Healthcare Coverage Gap
Nearly 1.4 million Georgians lack health insurance, and less than half of private-sector establishments in Georgia offer it as a benefit. This leaves many hardworking people – farmers, food service workers, cashiers, construction workers, and gig workers – in the...
