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September 16, 2022 • Commentary

A Solution for Georgia’s Rural Healthcare Shortage

By J. Thomas Perdue

Full practice authority for nurse practitioners and physician assistants improves healthcare access, outcomes and cost.

September 15, 2022 • Blog

Georgia’s Obsolete CON

By Kyle Wingfield

Certificate of Need is a statutory relic. Those days are gone, but CON is still with us.

August 31, 2022 • Blog

A Medicaid Plan that Works for Georgia

By Kyle Wingfield

We may finally get to see how work requirements fit with Medicaid. We can expect good things.

August 26, 2022 • Commentary

A Path Forward for Georgia Pathways Medicaid Waiver

By Chris Denson

U.S. District Judge Lisa Godbey Wood's 65-page ruling is not only necessary at this juncture, but enlightening.

August 22, 2022 • The Center Square

Federal Court Decision Clears Way for Medicaid Waiver for Georgia

Featuring Kyle Wingfield

The Center Square quoted President and CEO Kyle Wingfield from our recent press release on Georgia’s Medicaid waiver.

August 19, 2022 • Press Release

Georgia Public Policy Foundation Applauds Decision to Protect Georgia’s Medicaid Waiver

Featuring Kyle Wingfield

"This waiver was a well-considered effort to offer a path to health coverage for low-income Georgians," said President and CEO Kyle Wingfield.

August 19, 2022 • Atlanta Journal-Constitution

Judge’s Decision Backing Georgia Medicaid Waiver Draws Reaction

Featuring Kyle Wingfield

The Atlanta Journal-Constitution quoted President and CEO Kyle Wingfield from our recent press release on Georgia's Medicaid waiver.

August 17, 2022 • Blog

‘Defend Our Hospitals’ by Dismantling CON

By Chris Denson

Certificate of Need harms Georgians when it's used by outside interests, but also when it's used by other Georgia hospitals.

August 17, 2022 • Blog

Expanding Medicaid Not A Cure-All

By Kyle Wingfield

Simply saying "expand Medicaid" doesn’t solve the problems many patients and providers in Georgia face.

August 4, 2022 • Center for the American Experiment

CMS Relies on Flawed Legal and Economic Analyses to Suspend Georgia’s State Innovation Waiver

By Peter Nelson

There is no legal basis for the Biden administration to demand a corrective action plan for a waiver that has not yet been implemented.

August 1, 2022 • Blog

Georgia Access Model Still Lacks Necessary Federal Support

By Chris Denson

Georgia has presented a strong argument why the Biden administration lacks the basis to deny the ACA waiver and are proceeding accordingly.

July 29, 2022 • Blog

How the Ongoing Public Health Emergency Continues Unchecked Medicaid Growth

By Chris Denson

The COVID Public Health Emergency Declaration has spanned two presidents, three Health and Human Services secretaries and a growing series of variants.

July 8, 2022 • RealClear Policy

Tackling Middlemen Should be a Priority to Lower Prescription Prices

By Tom Price

Democrats have a pattern of advocating for healthcare reform that is long on style, but short on effectiveness.

June 13, 2022 • Commentary

The Misconceptions of Medicaid Expansion

By Chris Denson

On June 3 the North Carolina Senate overwhelmingly passed a bill that would significantly restructure healthcare delivery. What could it mean for Georgia?

April 22, 2022 • Commentary

A Tennessee Hospital May Keep a Georgia Competitor From Opening, Thanks to This Law

By Chris Denson

Why would a health system in Tennessee have any legal standing to stop the building of a hospital in Georgia? The answer is Georgia's Certificate of Need.

January 25, 2022 • In The Press

Georgia sues Biden administration over health waiver

Featuring Kyle Wingfield

Georgia has filed suit against the Biden administration, demanding the state be allowed to impose a work and activity requirement for some Georgians in order to qualify for Medicaid insurance. […]

January 21, 2022 • Friday Facts

Friday Facts: January 21, 2022

By Keara Vickers

We’re hiring! Are you a journalist with a love of investigation and the desire to use your skills to lead meaningful change? We’re hiring an investigative journ

January 14, 2022 • Friday Facts

Friday Facts: January 14, 2022

By Keara Vickers

It’s Friday! Quotes of note “Just because you do not take an interest in politics, does not mean politics won’t take an interest in you.” – Pericles “The Bill of […]

January 7, 2022 • Friday Facts

Friday Facts: January 07, 2022

By Keara Vickers

Yesterday, friends and family of the great Johnny Isakson gathered to memorialize the late Republican senator. Read Georgia Policy’s fond memories of our friend

December 31, 2021 • Friday Facts

Friday Facts: December 31, 2021

By Keara Vickers

In celebration of the Foundation's 30th anniversary in 2021, the Friday Facts included "a trip down Memory Lane," with photographs, news clips and articles thro

December 17, 2021 • Friday Facts

Friday Facts: December 17, 2021

By Keara Vickers

Limited government and fiscal responsibility have been mainstays of the Georgia Public Policy Foundation since its founding in 1991.

November 26, 2021 • Friday Facts

Friday Facts: November 26, 2021

By Keara Vickers

At the Georgia Public Policy Foundation’s 30th anniversary dinner in September, our photographer captured the attending presidents who have led the organization

November 26, 2021 • Friday Facts

Friday Facts: November 26, 2021

By Keara Vickers

All the president’s men: At the Georgia Public Policy Foundation’s 30th anniversary dinner in September, our photographer captured the attending presidents who

November 19, 2021 • Friday Facts

Friday Facts: November 19, 2021

By Keara Vickers

Welfare reform and championing the dignity of work have been longtime, linked goals at the Georgia Public Policy Foundation since its founding in 1991, as this

November 11, 2021 • Foundation News

Stepping away for a while…

By Kyle Wingfield

I still remember the voicemail, four years later: I have some bad news. You need surgery.

November 5, 2021 • Friday Facts

Friday Facts: November 05, 2021

By Keara Vickers

Noel Khalil, founder and CEO of Columbia Residential and Columbia Ventures, died October 25 after a long illness.

October 29, 2021 • Friday Facts

Friday Facts: October 29, 2021

The Georgia Public Policy Foundation modeled its annual Georgia Legislative Policy Forum on the policy briefings of our sister think tank, the Texas Public Poli

October 22, 2021 • Friday Facts

Friday Facts: October 22, 2021

By Keara Vickers

Since its earliest days, the Georgia Public Policy Foundation has stood for limited government, personal responsibility and individual initiative.

October 15, 2021 • Friday Facts

Friday Facts: October 15, 2021

From privatization to public-private partnerships to express toll lanes, the Georgia Public Policy Foundation has never shied away from market-based proposals t

October 8, 2021 • Friday Facts

Friday Facts: October 8, 2021

A public service that made its debut in 1996 thanks to the Georgia Public Policy Foundation was the innovative Report Card on Georgia’s public schools, highligh