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Lawmakers Protect Medicaid, Funding Gaps Loom for 2012: Analysis of FY 2011 Healthcare Budgets
Lawmakers cut Department of Community Health by $236.8 million and increased support for the Department of Behavioral Health & Developmental Disabilities by 9.3 percent. There are no cuts to Medicaid or PeachCare eligibility; the budget has new revenue from a provider fee to increase reimbursement rates to hospitals. The budget is heavily reliant on enhanced Medicaid funds from the federal Recovery Act that are about to expire.
Posted:
6/21/2010
Category:
Budget, Health, Recovery Act,
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Fact Sheet: Georgia is Depending on Congress to Avert a Medicaid Crisis
Georgia’s new budget assumes Recovery Act Medicaid funds will be extended past Dec. 31, when it is expires. The Senate is considering legislation to extend it temporarily (the House already stripped it out of a bill). Without it, Georgia would need to find hundreds of millions in new revenues or significant new budget cuts this year. If state lawmakers cut Medicaid, the state would lose $1 billion. Read the facts here.
Posted:
6/9/2010
Category:
health, budget, recovery act
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Fact Sheet: Lawmakers Should Find new Revenue to Ensure Healthcare for the Most Vulnerable
Georgia’s Medicaid program needs nearly $1 billion for FY 2011 and FY 2012. This shortfall is not due to a program out of control, but rather is a result of the steep revenue decline from the current recession. One option lawmakers can pursue is enacting House Bill 307, which generates $169 million by implementing a 1.45 percent hospital provider fee.
Posted:
4/1/2010
Category:
Health,
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Fact Sheet: Medicaid Crisis
Medicaid Crisis: Lawmakers Should Find New Revenues to ensure healthcare for most vulnerable. Georgia needs new revenue for the state’s Medicaid program to avoid devastating cuts to provider reimbursement rates and patient eligibility.
Posted:
2/17/2010
Category:
Budget, Health,
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Highlights of the Governor’s Amended FY 2010 & FY 2011 Healthcare Budget Proposals
The enacted fiscal year (FY) 2010 budget spared the Department of Community Health (DCH) from large-scale program cuts because enhanced federal Medicaid funding from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 as well as additional Tobacco Settlement funds were used to replace DCH state General Fund spending. This report also highlights the DBHDD proposed budget.
Posted:
1/25/2010
Category:
Budget, Health,
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Health Reform: Medicaid Expansion Is a Bargain for Georgia
In Georgia and throughout the nation, millions of low-income adults are uninsured and lack access to any affordable health insurance. The health reform bill that has passed in the House of Representatives and the bill now making its way through the Senate would expand the Medicaid program to provide thousands of low-income, uninsured adults in Georgia with affordable health coverage while pumping billions of dollars into the state's economy.
Posted:
11/19/2009
Category:
Budget, Health, Family Economic Security,
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Growing Number Lack Health Coverage, Job-Based Coverage Weakening, New Census Bureau Data Show
Recession Further Expanding Ranks of Uninsured: Findings Highlight Need for National Health Reform and State Revenue Solutions
Posted:
9/11/2009
Category:
Health, Family Economic Security, Press Release,
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Overview of the Department of Community Health's FY 2010 Budget
Georgia’s Medicaid and PeachCare programs avoided significant cuts due to a massive infusion of federal funds from ARRA. The legislature redirected even more tobacco settlement funds to Medicaid. DCH did not escape budget cuts completely, as administrative reductions and several programmatic changes were included. Also reflectsed is the transfer of funding for the Division of Public Health into DCH as part of DHR’s reorganization.
Posted:
6/29/2009
Category:
Budget,Health
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Summary of Federal Recovery Funds in Georgia
This brief outlines where the $6 billion in federal stimulus funds are going in Georgia. GBPI will continue to examine where and how stimulus funds are used.
Posted:
6/12/2009
Category:
Budget, Taxes, Health, Family Economic Security, Welfare and Food Stamps, Recovery Act
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HB39: Increasing Georgia's Cigarette Tax Would Yield Public Health Benefits
HB 39 would increase Georgia's cigarette tax by $1 per pack. In addition to raising $450 million in FY 2010, an estimated 62,800 adult smokers would quit and 114,000 fewer youth would start smoking. Long-term health savings associated with this tax increase are estimated to be $2.6 billion.
Posted:
2/20/2009
Category:
Taxes, Health
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Reforming Healthcare Brief #1: Taking a Closer Look at Health Savings Accounts
This report examines the recent increases in healthcare costs, corresponding declines in employer-sponsored insurance and increases in the uninsured population, and policies the federal, state, and local governments are currently examining and pursuing to address these problems.
Posted:
3/9/2006
Category:
Health
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Reforming Healthcare Brief #2: Pay or Play Laws Seek to Increase Employer Sponsored Insurance
This report examines "pay-or-play" laws that several states and localities have proposed and enacted in an effort to halt the decline in employer-sponsored health insurance.
Posted:
5/5/2006
Category:
Health
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Georgia Medicaid Overview
This report provides current and prospective Georgia policy makers with the background to be able to examine the state's Medicaid program, including who the program serves, how the services are administered and provided, and the role the program plays in the state's healthcare system.
Posted:
5/15/2006
Category:
Health
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Reforming Healthcare Brief #3: Addressing the Lack of Health Insurance for Georgia's Children
This report examines the current children's health insurance situation in Georgia and includes discussion of the significant barriers faced by children without health insurance. The report also analyzes the possible costs to the state to expand health insurance coverage to those children currently without coverage.
Posted:
6/19/2006
Category:
Health
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Reforming Healthcare Brief #4: Medicaid Buy-in Programs for Individuals With Disabilities
This report examines policies and proposals states can and have implemented to help children and working-age individuals with disabilities obtain adequate, affordable health insurance.
Posted:
8/15/2006
Category:
Health
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An Updated Analysis of Health Savings Accounts and Consumer Directed Health Plans
This brief examines the latest research on Health Savings Accounts (HSAs) and Consumer Directed Health Plans (CDHPS).
Posted:
1/24/2007
Category:
Health
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SCHIP Reauthorization Crucial for Continued Success of PeachCare
This report examines the success of SCHIP in its ten years, as well as the different reauthorization legislation passed by the U.S. House and Senate.
Posted:
9/15/2007
Category:
Health
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Inceasing Georgia's Low Cigarette Tax Would Yield Public Health Benefits
By increasing Georgia's cigarette tax by $1 per pack an estimated 62,800 adult smokers would quit and 114,000 fewer youth would start smoking. Long term health savings are estimated at $222.3 million while state revenues would increase by $500 million.
Posted:
2/26/2008
Category:
Taxes, Health
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Analysis of HB 977
High Deductible Health Plan tax incentives and insurance law changes.
Posted:
3/9/2008
Category:
Health, Taxes
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Tax Cuts for the Insurance Industry Will Do Little to Help Georgia’s Uninsured
A commentary by Timothy Sweeney
Posted:
4/15/2008
Category:
Taxes, Health
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An Updated Analysis of Health Savings Accounts and Consumer Directed Health Plans
This brief examines the latest research on Health Savings Accounts (HSAs) and Consumer Directed Health Plans (CDHPS).
Posted:
1/24/2007
Category:
Health
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Analysis of HB 977
High Deductible Health Plan tax incentives and insurance law changes.
Posted:
3/9/2008
Category:
Health, Taxes
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Community-Based Disease Prevention Programs: Success Story Highlights
Community-based disease prevention programs are efforts to help improve health of Ameericans outside of the doctor's office and focus on helping lots of people in communities at the same time. This report is an appendix to the report "Prevention for a Healthier Georgia: Investments in Disease Prevention Yield Significant Savings."
Posted:
1/10/2009
Category:
Health
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Examining How Georgia Spends Tobacco Settlement Revenues
This report highlights how tobacco Master Settlement Agreement(MSA)funds have been cut from smoking prevention programs since FY 2002. Georgia's smoking prevention programs budget is far below the recommended level set forth by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Posted:
10/7/2008
Category:
Health
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Fact Sheet: Georgia is Depending on Congress to Avert a Medicaid Crisis
Georgia’s new budget assumes Recovery Act Medicaid funds will be extended past Dec. 31, when it is expires. The Senate is considering legislation to extend it temporarily (the House already stripped it out of a bill). Without it, Georgia would need to find hundreds of millions in new revenues or significant new budget cuts this year. If state lawmakers cut Medicaid, the state would lose $1 billion. Read the facts here.
Posted:
6/9/2010
Category:
health, budget, recovery act
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Fact Sheet: Lawmakers Should Find new Revenue to Ensure Healthcare for the Most Vulnerable
Georgia’s Medicaid program needs nearly $1 billion for FY 2011 and FY 2012. This shortfall is not due to a program out of control, but rather is a result of the steep revenue decline from the current recession. One option lawmakers can pursue is enacting House Bill 307, which generates $169 million by implementing a 1.45 percent hospital provider fee.
Posted:
4/1/2010
Category:
Health,
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Fact Sheet: Medicaid Crisis
Medicaid Crisis: Lawmakers Should Find New Revenues to ensure healthcare for most vulnerable. Georgia needs new revenue for the state’s Medicaid program to avoid devastating cuts to provider reimbursement rates and patient eligibility.
Posted:
2/17/2010
Category:
Budget, Health,
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Georgia Medicaid Overview
This report provides current and prospective Georgia policy makers with the background to be able to examine the state's Medicaid program, including who the program serves, how the services are administered and provided, and the role the program plays in the state's healthcare system.
Posted:
5/15/2006
Category:
Health
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Growing Number Lack Health Coverage, Job-Based Coverage Weakening, New Census Bureau Data Show
Recession Further Expanding Ranks of Uninsured: Findings Highlight Need for National Health Reform and State Revenue Solutions
Posted:
9/11/2009
Category:
Health, Family Economic Security, Press Release,
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HB39: Increasing Georgia's Cigarette Tax Would Yield Public Health Benefits
HB 39 would increase Georgia's cigarette tax by $1 per pack. In addition to raising $450 million in FY 2010, an estimated 62,800 adult smokers would quit and 114,000 fewer youth would start smoking. Long-term health savings associated with this tax increase are estimated to be $2.6 billion.
Posted:
2/20/2009
Category:
Taxes, Health
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