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May 29, 2025 • Commentary

Wall Street remains easy target, but tackling housing affordability begins in Georgia

By Chris Denson

Wall Street is a popular target for politicians and the media when it comes to home prices, but the real issue is local government regulations.

February 27, 2025 • Commentary

How do we get more Georgia grown physicians?

By Chris Denson

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

By Chris Denson

Legislators will soon begin hearings for Gov. Brian Kemp’s much publicized attempt to reform Georgia’s legal system.

November 7, 2024 • Commentary

Republicans maintain legislative majorities. What else happened on Election Day?

By Chris Denson

While none of the statewide constitutional officers were on the ballot this year, every member of the legislature faced the voters.

October 17, 2024 • Commentary

Would Amendment 1 bring property tax relief?

By Chris Denson

Voters this year will see a statewide ballot referendum on property taxes. Will it bring relief?

October 10, 2024 • Commentary

How do we get physicians and providers in underserved areas?

By Chris Denson

Since it takes years to educate and train a physician, what steps can policymakers take to try and address this physician shortage?

July 11, 2024 • Commentary

How do we provide the best health coverage for Georgians?

By Chris Denson

Choice and competition in the health insurance market are not only good for consumers, but providers as well.

June 6, 2024 • Commentary

As competition decreases, the cost of healthcare rises

By Chris Denson

In Georgia, the four largest health systems currently account for 51.6% of hospital beds available statewide.

April 4, 2024 • Commentary

What happened with property tax reform this year?

By Chris Denson

This truly seemed like one of those legislative sessions when everything was aligned for meaningful property tax reform.

March 14, 2024 • Commentary

The state of CON repeal in Georgia

By Chris Denson

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

By Chris Denson

With Crossover Day now in the rearview and candidate qualifying ending this week, what will the final weeks of this session hold?

February 8, 2024 • Commentary

Gov. Kemp and Georgia legislators are protecting workers’ right to privacy in union elections

By Chris DensonVincent Vernuccio

Georgia is poised to implement a law that protects workers’ right to a private vote for companies that receive taxpayer incentives.

January 25, 2024 • Commentary

Will the Georgia legislature cap property tax increases?

By Chris Denson

Perhaps no public policy debate raises the ire of Georgians quite like property taxes.

January 4, 2024 • Commentary

What will be the biggest issues during the 2024 legislative session?

By Chris Denson

For the first time since 2021, Georgia lawmakers won’t rush to gavel out on their first day and travel to the national championship game.

December 7, 2023 • Commentary

Will Medicaid expansion make its way to Georgia?

By Chris Denson

Georgia policymakers may be asked to consider a potential expansion of the state Medicaid program using Arkansas as the model. But should they?

September 28, 2023 • Commentary

Birth center blocked by CON laws

By Chris Denson

In 2021, the Augusta Birth Center applied to become the first freestanding birth center in Richmond County.

September 14, 2023

A Review of Lot and Home Size Minimums in Georgia

By Chris DensonJ. Thomas Perdue

This study analyzes the available minimum lot sizes and minimum home sizes in ordinance at the local level in Georgia.

July 13, 2023 • Commentary

House holds CON reform hearings

By Chris Denson

The Georgia House Study Committee on Certificate of Need Modernization held its first hearing this week in Atlanta.

June 1, 2023 • Commentary

HSAs for state employees would have benefited employees and taxpayers

By Chris Denson

Gov. Brian Kemp recently vetoed legislation that would have made health savings accounts available to state employees.

April 20, 2023 • Commentary

Certificate of Need laws do not work as intended

By Chris DensonMatt Mitchell

CON laws not only provide an unnecessary barrier to healthcare access, they also make it harder for communities to replace any healthcare providers they lose.

April 6, 2023

Government Regulation in the Price of Multifamily Housing: Georgia

By Chris DensonPaul Emrath

The research for Georgia finds that an average of 23.4 percent of the cost of multifamily housing can be attributed to federal, state and local regulation.

March 23, 2023 • Commentary

What happened to CON reform this year?

By Chris Denson

Three bills that would have reduced certificate of need regulations by varying degrees were introduced this year.

March 20, 2023

Protected: Economic Report on Georgia’s Certificate of Need Program

By Chris DensonMatt Mitchell

There is no excerpt because this is a protected post.

March 16, 2023 • Commentary

Legislation aims to combat rising home prices

By Chris Denson

A Senate committee advanced legislation limiting the ability of local governments to enact moratoriums on building new housing to no more than 180 days.

January 5, 2023 • Commentary

2023 session brings plenty of unknowns

By Chris Denson

There are a number of positive steps the legislature can take when it comes to tax, education, and healthcare policy.

November 30, 2022 • MedPage Today

Georgia Set to Implement Medicaid Work Requirements

Featuring Chris Denson

MedPage Today quoted Director of Policy and Research Chris Denson on Georgia's Medicaid waiver.

November 4, 2022 • Commentary

Closure for a Hospital That Didn’t Have to Close

By Chris Denson

Why the financial statements of Wellstar Atlanta Medical Center don't reflect a hospital that needed to cease operations.

October 27, 2022

Assessment of Georgia Development Impact Fees

By Chris DensonTyler Webb

A comprehensive list of development impact fees in Georgia with examinations of single-family and multifamily rates.

October 25, 2022 • 11Alive

Expanding Medicaid: The debate, the cost, the impact on Georgians

Featuring Chris Denson

11Alive interviewed Director of Policy and Research Chris Denson during their recent series on potential Medicaid expansion in Georgia.

September 15, 2022

Addressing Georgia’s Healthcare Disparities: The Benefits of Full Practice Authority for Nurse Practitioners and Physician Assistants

By Chris DensonEdward Timmons, Ph.D.

One possible solution for Georgia's growing disparity in healthcare access is allowing full practice authority for nurse practitioners and physician assistants.