Health Care
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Economic Report on Georgia’s Certificate of Need Program
Despite their inception nearly fifty years ago, ongoing questions about cost, access and the role of community healthcare remain.
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Addressing Georgia’s Healthcare Disparities: The Benefits of Full Practice Authority for Nurse Practitioners and Physician Assistants
One possible solution for Georgia’s growing disparity in healthcare access is allowing full practice authority for nurse practitioners and physician assistants.
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October 23, 2025 • Commentary
The real cause of rising Obamacare premiums isn’t the end of subsidies
Expiring healthcare subsidies account for only a 4% increase in average healthcare premiums in 2026.
October 2, 2025 • Commentary
Georgia’s growing doctor shortage demands new solutions
Georgia’s doctor shortage is large, and growing larger. Facing that fact is crucial if policymakers are to address the problem.
February 27, 2025 • Commentary
How do we get more Georgia grown physicians?
According to the Georgia Board for Healthcare Workforce, less than a third of Georgia’s 2024 medical school graduates chose to do their residency in Georgia.
February 6, 2025 • Commentary
Tort reform and what it means for cost and access in Georgia healthcare
Legislators will soon begin hearings for Gov. Brian Kemp’s much publicized attempt to reform Georgia’s legal system.
February 5, 2025 • Blog
The worst time for Georgia to expand Medicaid
Georgia’s policymakers would be wiser to put their energies into making our market for healthcare work even better.
October 10, 2024 • Commentary
How do we get physicians and providers in underserved areas?
Since it takes years to educate and train a physician, what steps can policymakers take to try and address this physician shortage?
October 3, 2024 • Commentary
Why a guide to the issues?
The Georgia Public Policy Foundation has released its 2024 “Guide to the Issues.”
July 11, 2024 • Commentary
How do we provide the best health coverage for Georgians?
Choice and competition in the health insurance market are not only good for consumers, but providers as well.
July 11, 2024 • Commentary
Examining Georgia’s health insurance marketplace
When Gov. Brian Kemp was sworn into office on January 14, 2019, the health insurance landscape in Georgia was dire.
June 6, 2024 • Commentary
As competition decreases, the cost of healthcare rises
In Georgia, the four largest health systems currently account for 51.6% of hospital beds available statewide.
May 9, 2024 • Commentary
What does the FTC’s ban on non compete clauses mean for healthcare?
On April 23, the Federal Trade Commission voted to approve a new final rule banning most non compete agreements across the entire economy.
March 20, 2024 • Commentary
Existing service providers are always the loudest voices against change
It’s striking how much our debates over two of Georgia’s most important structural challenges are really the same argument with different jargon.
March 14, 2024 • Commentary
The state of CON repeal in Georgia
With only five legislative days remaining in the 2024 General Assembly, how are things looking for the effort to reduce Certificate of Need laws in Georgia?
March 7, 2024 • Commentary
2024 legislative session enters final stretch
With Crossover Day now in the rearview and candidate qualifying ending this week, what will the final weeks of this session hold?
January 10, 2024 • Blog
This “could” be a big legislative session
While every session of the General Assembly – like every election – is billed as consequential, this time the hype could be right.
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