May 28, 2019
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 […]
May 28, 2019
The Georgia Public Policy Foundation supports the use of a Section 1332 State Innovation Waiver under the Affordable Care Act (ACA). NEWS RELEASE FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE May 28, 2019 Contact: Benita […]
April 5, 2019
By Kyle Wingfield The 2019 legislative session started as something of a blank slate: a new governor, new lieutenant governor and lots of fresh faces in both the House and […]
March 29, 2019
It’s Friday! Events April 10: “Education Choice: A Case Study in Policy and Politics,” a Foundation Happy Hour Policy Discussion in Athens at 5 p.m. on Wednesday, April 10, in […]
February 20, 2019
Kyle Wingfield, president of the Georgia Public Policy Foundation, accepted an invitation to testify before the Georgia Senate Health and Human Services Committee on February 19, 2019, regarding health-care waivers […]
February 15, 2019
It’s Friday! Events March 21: “Shining a Light on Government,” a Leadership Breakfast with Richard Belcher of WSB-TV in celebration of Sunshine Week on Thursday, March 21, at the Georgian […]
February 15, 2019
Bureaucratic arcana from Washington, D.C., hit Georgia’s headlines this week. Governor Brian Kemp announced he will seek federal “waivers” to improve health care in the state. By Kyle Wingfield Bureaucratic […]
February 1, 2019
A new governor, a new lieutenant governor, a host of new committee chairs – there are numerous reasons the 2019 legislative session is full of intrigue. Add to them Georgia’s […]
January 28, 2019
A new governor, a new lieutenant governor, a host of new committee chairs – there are numerous reasons the 2019 legislative session is full of intrigue. Add to them Georgia’s […]
January 11, 2019
More than 12 million nondisabled, working-age Americans are enrolled in Medicaid. They receive medical care that is virtually free, and in most states they are under no obligation to work or seek […]
December 21, 2018
It’s Friday! Quotes of note “I choose free libraries as the best agencies for improving the masses of the people, because they give nothing for nothing. They only help those […]
December 14, 2018
It’s Friday! Quotes of Note “Each of us can be happier, and America will start to heal, when we become the kind neighbors and generous friends we wish we had.” […]
December 14, 2018
With the turnover under the Gold Dome, however, policymakers risk losing the lessons learned – the hard-won institutional knowledge – that reinforce the need for choice for Georgia’s families. In […]
December 7, 2018
Events January 22, 2019: “National School Choice Week: A Capitol Choice,” is a noon Policy Briefing Luncheon on Tuesday, January 22, in the Empire Room, 20th floor, Sloppy Floyd Building […]
November 2, 2018
The purpose of most insurance is to purchase protection before the onset of a problem. Health insurance is different. Pre-existing conditions are prevalent. Some are born thus; many acquire chronic […]
October 12, 2018
It’s Friday! Quotes of note “Where justice is denied, where poverty is enforced, where ignorance prevails, and where any one class is made to feel that society is an organized […]
October 5, 2018
Under the Affordable Care Act’s provisions for Medicaid expansion, virtually anyone with annual earnings at or below 138 percent of the federal poverty level is eligible. What is left unsaid […]
September 28, 2018
It’s Friday! Subscribe to the Friday Facts here. Support the Foundation and its mission here. Quotes of note “The ordaining of laws in favor of one part of the nation, […]
September 7, 2018
It’s Friday! Events We’re at the 2018 Georgia Legislative Policy Forum today. Are you? The daylong conference at the Renaissance Atlanta Waverly Hotel features an exciting lineup of experts on […]
August 10, 2018
It’s Friday! September 7: Early Bird registration ends SUNDAY for the 2018 Georgia Legislative Policy Forum! Register now for this daylong event on Friday, September 7, at the Renaissance Atlanta […]
July 27, 2018 • Commentary
The idea behind Health Savings Accounts (HSAs) is a simple one: Instead of giving all our health care dollars to a third party (employer, heath insurance company or the government), we can […]
June 29, 2018
By Joey Costa A new rule from the U.S. Department of Labor will allow more small employers and self-employed individuals to join forces to create Association Health Plans, providing consumers […]
June 22, 2018
It’s Friday! Quotes of note “These days, the individual market is like a game of musical chairs, where no plan wants to be the last one standing – with the […]
June 15, 2018
If this is a scheme to sink public education, then, it’s a lousy one. By Kyle Wingfield A summertime surprise is roiling the Georgia GOP’s gubernatorial primary. A defeated candidate […]
June 8, 2018
It’s Friday! Quotes of note “Paying people to make it easy not to work – and thus languish for a lifetime in poverty – is not compassionate. It’s destructive of […]
May 25, 2018
It’s Friday! Quotes of note “It is not for us to forget the past but to remember it, that we may profit by it. But it is gone; we cannot […]
April 11, 2018 • Commentary
The contract dispute between Piedmont Healthcare and Blue Cross and Blue Shield appears to be over: The two parties this past week confirmed a “handshake deal” at the urging of […]
March 2, 2018
It’s Friday! Events March 27: Second Chance Month in April, sponsored by Prison Fellowship, celebrates brighter futures for those who have repaid their debt to society. The Georgia Public Policy […]
February 16, 2018
Georgia families face some of the biggest increases in health care premiums in the country this year. For many families, health care is rapidly becoming unaffordable. By Kelly McCutchen and […]
January 19, 2018
It’s Friday! Events January 23: Today is the deadline to register for the Foundation’s first event of 2018 on Tuesday, January 23. About 32,000 events will celebrate National School Choice […]
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