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AMPLIFY

Reproductive justice = Unconditional love

“Abortion is Healthcare & Reproductive Justice is Unconditional Love. Trust your loved ones to make decisions about their bodies.” If you live in Atlanta, Augusta, Columbus, Macon or Savannah, perhaps you’ve seen these billboards during the month of October. These are the few cities in Georgia where a pregnant person can get an abortion. Fake women’s health clinics — which only exist to shame women out of having an abortion by any means necessary —

Doctor examines young African American patient
Elections

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 access to health insurance by 2019. That’s 473,000 fewer people straining a health care system plagued by financial insecurity and

Sarah Riggs Amico on the Better Georgia Podcast
Better Georgia

75 Interview with Sarah Riggs Amico

 This week on the Better Georgia Podcast we speak with Sarah Riggs Amico, who is running in the Democratic primary for Lieutenant Governor. As an entrepreneur and owner of small businesses, she believes that taking care of her employees is paramount and that it does not prevent her from making a profit. Listen in to learn how Sarah Riggs Amico aims to help the employees of Georgia, achieve affordable healthcare and make a more

Immigration and Refugees

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 undocumented immigrants are driving up the cost of heathcare. He said it was “insane” that undocumented immigrants get healthcare coverage

2018 Legislative Session

What you can expect to see in the General Assembly this year

This year’s legislative session started Monday and promises to be a fast-moving one for a few reasons. First, according to law, legislators cannot receive campaign funds during the session, and the packed session schedule leaves little time for campaigning. This, in addition to recent Democratic wins in areas that used to be Republican strongholds, means Republicans are stressing like never before. Considering the elections and the issues that have been in the national spotlight over

Healthcare

Trump’s unaffordable healthcare “solutions” threaten Georgians

Trump has done two things that make insurance less affordable: he eliminated individual mandates, and he signed an executive order allowing people to receive cheaper coverage through potentially fake, low coverage, “association plans.” Although neither of these changes “undo” the Affordable Care Act, as Trump likes to brag, they both succeed in taking affordability out of the equation and will have serious consequences, especially for older and poorer Americans. Removing individual mandates takes away the