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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

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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 rural hospital crisis has been ongoing for years, leaving rural communities with fewer and fewer options for accessing healthcare. Currently,

Healthcare

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 administration along with congressional leaders will have to figure out just how far they are willing to screw over Americans

Healthcare

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 people are particularly vulnerable, and pregnancy complications can become life threatening when the nearest labor-and-delivery ward is forty miles away

Healthcare

Missing: Have you seen this bill? Republicans hiding AHCA

A select group of Republicans in the Senate are pushing for a vote on the American Health Care Act or “Trumpcare” in the next week, but no one has even seen the bill. There’s a mere 13 senators leading this disaster, squabbling over and deciding health care for millions of people behind closed doors. Even other Republicans in the Senate are complaining that they haven’t laid eyes on the bill. The GOP players haven’t held

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