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Dental care in Georgia: another source of medical inequality for kids

Georgia is notoriously bad at health care, especially for its most vulnerable residents. Although Gov. Deal often blows Medicaid off as being “too expensive,” every year we see statistics about how much money the state would have saved by investing in preventative care and ending Deal’s Medicaid blockade. The most recent example of healthcare failure is the state of dental care for Georgia children. Nicoleta Serban, an industrial and systems engineering professor, told state lawmakers that

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New federal funding means it’s time to expand Medicaid in Georgia

Georgia Republicans decided not to expand Medicaid under the pretense that Georgia couldn’t afford it. However, with the increase in federal funding for states adopting the next round of expanded Medicaid, Georgia can’t afford not to adopt it. The Macon Telegraph editorialized, “When Gov. Nathan Deal first declared the state wouldn’t participate in the ACA in 2012, it didn’t seem to make much sense. The federal government paid 100 percent of the cost of the

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Healthcare for all, a dream for Georgia

Half a million Georgians would gain health insurance coverage if this state expanded Medicaid in 2017. That makes up about 10 percent of the nation’s uninsured, ranking just behind Texas and Florida. Expanding Medicaid, however hard a battle it’s been, is just the beginning in the fight to make sure ALL people have meaningful access to health care (and not just health insurance). Georgia has too few health care providers — especially primary care doctors,

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Could the Mental Health Reform Act of 2016 be the push Georgia needs to improve health care?

The Helping Families in Mental Crisis Act passed the House of Representatives on July 6th with a vote of 422-2. In a state as deprived of mental health care as Georgia, the Helping Families in Mental Crisis Act could help improve access to health care through Medicaid, emphasize early detection and treatment of mental illness, and improve the vast shortages of mental health care workers in the U.S. As we know, Georgia has been failing

Podcast Ep. 06: Gov. Deal’s legacy

Today we’re looking at the legacy of Georgia Governor Nathan Deal. Will Governor Deal go down in Georgia’s history as one of our best governors or one of our worst? Will history even remember the Governor Deal era? What does his time in office mean for the future of Georgia politics? Listen in as we talk about Governor Deal’s vetoes, his blockade of Medicaid in Georgia, and how he has handled public education policy in

Podcast Ep. 04: SCOTUS Ruling and Medicaid

On today’s episode, Adrienne and Louis discuss the latest big Supreme Court ruling about women’s reproductive rights. Including an interview with State Representative Park Cannon, we’re talking about the impact of the ruling across southern states and what changes this might mean for the state of Georgia. Along that same theme of healthcare, we’re also talking about Medicaid. Senator Renee Unterman, who in the past has said she was against Medicaid expansion, has changed her