Personalized Health Insurance, Ready to Roll Out Today
Neither politicians nor insurance industry leaders are discussing a risk segmentation approach. Why? Because it upsets the status quo.
Georgia Public Policy Foundation explores targeted healthcare solutions that are patient-centered, provide security for the sickest individuals, treat individuals and companies fairly under the tax code, promote personal responsibility, embrace transparency in the market, and avoid costly top-down mandates that discourage flexibility and limit options for Georgians seeking access to affordable, quality care.
For Millions, Healthcare Waivers Offer Hope
Georgians received a dose of good news Thursday, as Gov. Brian Kemp announced federal approval of his plans to increase healthcare access and affordability.
Ingenuity, Innovation Illuminate Georgia’s Back-to-School Path
Despite the choices available to many, ultimately, the vast majority of Georgia’s families are waiting for their children to return to local public schools and brick-and-mortar classrooms.
Legislature Acts to Increase Transparency in Drug Pricing
Due to their sheer size and central role in the supply chain, pharmacy benefit managers are responsible not only for the price of the drugs that health plan participants receive, but often which drugs they get.
COVID-19: Spanish Flu 2.0
The COVID-19 pandemic bears a striking resemblance to the Spanish flu epidemic that peaked in October 1918.
Georgia’s Reopening Approach Holds Lesson for Other States
Kemp always insisted the strictest measures on Georgians had to last only as long as necessary and no longer. The data indicate that Georgia has flattened the curve, meaning new cases are developing at a slow enough pace its healthcare providers and resources can handle them.
Medicaid Expansion’s No Cure for COVID-19’s Spread
Only three states were still projected as of April 22 to experience a hospital-bed shortage, according to the oft-cited model by the University of Washington’s Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation. All are expansion states in the Northeast.
Near-term Responses to Ease COVID-19 Impact in Georgia
The Foundation marshaled its Senior Fellows and colleagues around the nation and compiled a list of policies that could be implemented quickly to ease the burden on providers, educators, businesses and families as the pandemic continues.
Near-Term Proposals as Georgia Tackles COVID-19
The Foundation has compiled a list of policy proposals as the state of Georgia copes with the uncertainties surrounding the novel coronavirus.
COVID-19 a Teachable Moment for Georgia Healthcare Policy
Over the years – in some cases, decades – our state leaders have declined to enact some important policies that would have put us in a better position.
Innovation, Lessons Learned Guide Georgia’s Response to Coronavirus
The response by state officials thus far has been practical and preemptive, lessons honed in recent years.
Reform is Overdue for Federal-State Medicaid Partnership
By providing a higher reimbursement for Obamacare-expansion enrollees, the federal government is now discriminating against the traditional Medicaid populations in favor of the able-bodied, working-age adult population. That’s unfair to those who Medicaid was intended to serve and leads to some diversion of services away from traditional Medicaid enrollees.
Georgia Blazes a Trail with a Bold Healthcare Plan
Between them, Governor Brian Kemp’s proposals would make coverage more affordable for all uninsured Georgians and many who are insured, not only those covered by expanding Medicaid.
Ignoring Trump’s Health Plan Won’t Make It Go Away
The Trump administration continues to push for fundamental changes in our healthcare system. If Congress would do its part, the system would be radically different than it was when Trump took office.
AJC Publishes Op-ed on Healthcare Waivers by Foundation CEO Kyle Wingfield
Georgia won’t save struggling hospitals by expanding Medicaid, so a different solution is need to address the very real problems these hospitals face.
New Rules Expand Individuals’ Healthcare Options
Almost two years have passed since Republican efforts to reform the U.S. health insurance market were pronounced dead. Perhaps they were merely on life support.
Healthcare Works When the Price is Right
Of all the things we might do to improve our healthcare system, the one reform that is more important is that we must make it profitable to take care of sick people.
New Study Finds Innovative Waivers Could Improve Healthcare Access, Affordability
A new report offers ways Georgia can utilize waivers to lower healthcare costs, improve access to better insurance options, restore the primacy of the doctor-patient relationship, and ultimately blaze a trail for other states to follow.
Foundation Releases Study on Healthcare Waivers for Georgia
The Georgia Public Policy Foundation supports the use of a Section 1332 State Innovation Waiver under the Affordable Care Act (ACA).
Georgia 1332 report by AEG/Wilson Partners
Two recommendations for health care innovation in Georgia.
