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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 where the country has got to go,” Sanders said in an interview at his Senate office. “Right now, if we

Healthcare

Rep. Handel says it isn’t her job to stop the opioid crisis

As opioid overdoses stack up in Georgia, as well as across the nation, Rep. Karen Handel implies she can’t help and encourages parents and community members to stop the crisis, saying that if parents lock up their drug cabinets, it will all be over. Handel says it’s parents’ and community members’ jobs to stop the opioid crisis and minimizes the role of the government and drug companies. The crazy thing is even Trump understands how

Healthcare

Keep up the pressure: Tell Senators no Obamacare repeal!

The Senate healthcare bill has suffered another crushing defeat, but leaders on Capitol Hill are scrambling to keep the measure alive. The U.S. Senate has been considering their version of the American Health Care Act — the disastrous Obamacare replacement that would gut Medicaid and put health insurance out of reach for many — over the past couple of months. Their version of Trumpcare is sometimes known by the acronym BCRA, which stands for the

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Deal fights to slash Medicaid further

On Wednesday, Gov. Nathan Deal said he would prefer Medicaid cuts in Georgia over spending more taxpayer money. Currently 1.7 million Georgians rely on Medicaid. Deal is also in favor of states that expanded Medicaid cutting funding. “There’s a lot of complaint now about decreasing those on the Medicaid rolls,” Deal told WABE, “I quite honestly think that needs to be done, because those states that expanded their Medicaid rolls have included people that really

Education

How Trumpcare targets schools and low-income students

The American Health Care Act or “Trumpcare” could end up targeting schools directly because the proposed cuts to Medicaid will greatly affect school-age children as well as school resources. The AHCA, as currently written, decreases the amount of money given to schools to pay for speech therapy, occupational therapy, and medical equipment. Schools are required to have these special education services but Congress only partially pays for them as it is. As Claire Suggs, with

2017 Legislative Session

Deal to “explore” health care changes

Governor Deal said Monday that Georgia will start exploring health care changes. Deal, who did not support the Republican alternative to Obamacare, appears to be interested in making changes specifically to Medicaid. Deal said there are limits to what Georgia can request, “as long as mandates under the basic Obamacare legislation stand in place.” But he said the state would review options including changes to “mandated minimum coverage.” “Those are areas that some would like