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Commit to a governor that will finally help rural Georgia

October 9, 2018 By Better Georgia Staff Leave a Comment

Commit to a governor that will finally help rural Georgia

Politicians have been failing rural Georgia for decades. Since Nathan Deal was elected governor, we’ve seen six rural hospitals close, making it the third highest state in the nation for hospital closures. Long after most of the United States has bounced back from the Great Recession, rural Georgians are still having a difficult time finding… [Read More]

Filed Under: Economy, Georgia 2018, Medicaid Expansion, Rural Hospital Crisis, Rural Schools Tagged With: 2018 election, abrams, better georgia, expanding medicaid, Georgia, georgia governor race, medicaid, midterm elections, midterms 2018, rural georgia, rural issues, rural jobs, stacey abrams, stacey abrams 2018

How long do you want to live? How long will you live?

September 20, 2018 By Regina Willis Leave a Comment

How long do you want to live? How long will you live?

There’s a 25 year life expectancy difference across neighborhoods in Georgia. In Georgia, the neighborhood with the shortest life expectancy is just five miles south of Macon, Ga. With a poverty rate over fifty percent, the life expectancy is just over 63 years. However, Vinings, a suburb northwest of Atlanta, has a poverty rate under… [Read More]

Filed Under: Equality, Rights & Justice Issues, Healthcare, Medicaid Expansion, Rural Hospital Crisis Tagged With: Atlanta, close the coverage gap, georgia neighborhoods, Health, life expectancy, Macon, medicaid expansion, opioid epidemic, rural hospital closures, vinings, wellness

Kemp vs. Abrams: Who will fight for better access to health care?

September 13, 2018 By Regina Willis Leave a Comment

Kemp vs. Abrams: Who will fight for better access to health care?

When it comes to expanding access to health care, gubernatorial candidates Stacey Abrams and Brian Kemp could not be further apart. Although moves on the federal level last year dampened the outlook for both the Affordable Care Act and Medicaid expansion, closing the coverage gap in Georgia would mean an additional 473,000 Georgians would have… [Read More]

Filed Under: Elections, Georgia 2018, Healthcare, Medicaid Expansion, Rural Hospital Crisis Tagged With: 2018 governor's race, ACA, brian kemp, healthcare, Obamacare, rural hospital crisis, stacey abrams

Kemp slams immigration on bus tour

February 23, 2018 By Better Georgia Staff 2 Comments

Kemp slams immigration on bus tour

As part of his gubernatorial campaign’s bus tour, Sec. of State Brian Kemp gave a talk inside of what was once a jail cell advocating a crackdown on immigration. As has become typical of the Republican rhetoric on immigration, his speech was full of hateful, confusing half-truths. The crux of his talk was about how… [Read More]

Filed Under: Immigration and Refugees, Medicaid Expansion, Rural Hospital Crisis Tagged With: brian kemp, DACA, DREAMers, emergency medicaid, Governor Deal, healthcare, immigrants, medicaid, rural hospital crisis, undocumented immigrants

New health care bill is a Band-Aid on a gaping wound

February 16, 2018 By Better Georgia Staff Leave a Comment

New health care bill is a Band-Aid on a gaping wound

A rural health care bill, HB 769, passed a House committee on Tuesday. The bill has received a lot of attention, but it’s missing a crucial component — Medicaid expansion. At this point, any health care bill that doesn’t include ending Georgia’s Medicaid blockade is putting a Band-Aid on a deadly, gaping wound. Rep. Betty… [Read More]

Filed Under: Medicaid Expansion, Rural, Rural Hospital Crisis Tagged With: ACA, Betty Price, expanding medicaid, georgia health care, health care, House bill 769, medicaid, rural health, rural health care, rural hospitals, rural hospitals georgia, rural medicaid

Local health care suffers under lack of state leadership

October 26, 2017 By Regina Willis Leave a Comment

Local health care suffers under lack of state leadership

Real access to healthcare is an achievable goal, but when politicians weathering the legislative session in Atlanta play politics with people’s health, communities are left scrambling to do their best in a broken system. The state needs to do more to make it possible for small, rural hospitals to stay open, and for people living… [Read More]

Filed Under: Healthcare, Rural, Rural Hospital Crisis Tagged With: dougherty county, lee county, lee county medical center, medicaid expansion, Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital, Ralph Hudgen, rural healthcare

Bernie Sanders’s universal health care bill would save Georgia lives

September 14, 2017 By Schafer Sirmer Leave a Comment

Bernie Sanders’s universal health care bill would save Georgia lives

Today, Sen. Bernie Sanders is introducing legislation that would expand Medicare into a universal health insurance program. At least 15 Democratic senators are backing the Sanders’s Medicare for All Act of 2017 – that’s one-third of the Senate Democratic Caucus and includes just about every Democrat seriously considering a presidential run in 2020.  “This is… [Read More]

Filed Under: Healthcare, Rural Hospital Crisis, Uncategorized Tagged With: bernie, bernie sanders, health care, medicaid, universal health care

Invest in rural Georgia

August 18, 2017 By Regina Willis Leave a Comment

Invest in rural Georgia

Rural Georgia is home to about half the state’s population and a favorite talking point of politicians. But infrastructure issues continue to be one of the most pressing problems rural areas face, and both state and federal leaders need to prove they are committed to doing more than just talking about our rural communities. The… [Read More]

Filed Under: Energy, Rural, Rural Hospital Crisis Tagged With: broadband, internet, rural broadband access, rural georgia, rural healthcare, rural hospital crisis, rural hospitals, solar energy, solar panels

Rural hospitals face financial troubles

August 7, 2017 By Regina Willis 1 Comment

Rural hospitals face financial troubles

Rural Georgia hospitals could face trouble as Trump and other Republican leaders struggle with healthcare policy. The push to repeal Obamacare has failed — for now — although Georgia Senators Johnny Isakson and David Perdue both voted for all three versions of the repeal Senate Republicans tried to push through late last month. The Trump… [Read More]

Filed Under: Healthcare, Rural Hospital Crisis Tagged With: ACA, Affordable Care Act, Obamacare, rural healthcare, rural hospitals

Tell Ga. Senators to oppose new healthcare bill today!

July 14, 2017 By Regina Willis Leave a Comment

Tell Ga. Senators to oppose new healthcare bill today!

The Senate health care bill just released Thursday does not bode well for many Georgians. Our rural communities will be some of the most impacted by the proposed cuts to Medicaid, higher premiums and reduced consumer protections. So many rural communities are already facing the devastating impacts of hospital closures or cuts to services. Pregnant… [Read More]

Filed Under: Healthcare, Reproductive Rights, Rural, Rural Hospital Crisis, Women Tagged With: ahca, american health care act, better care reconciliation act, brca, health care, maternal health care, pregnancy, reproductive health care, rural healthcare, trumpcare

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