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.
Topic: Medicaid
March 23, 2024 • Blog
At the Capitol: Week of March 18
We are nearing Sine Die and the end of the 2024 session.
March 22, 2024 • Friday Facts
Friday Facts: March 22, 2024
Georgia will soon require companies that receive taxpayer incentives to hold secret ballot elections for union representation.
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 15, 2024 • Friday Facts
Friday Facts: March 15, 2024
Lawmakers move bills on school choice and CON. But what do those bills look like?
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?
February 16, 2024 • Friday Facts
Friday Facts: February 16, 2024
We can increase housing affordability, not with taxpayer subsidies, but by removing regulations that limit what types of houses can be built and where.
February 14, 2024 • Commentary
2024 legislative session hits midpoint this week
Georgia’s 2024 legislative session hits its midpoint this week. As usual, the second half will be far more active and intense than the first.
February 9, 2024 • Friday Facts
Friday Facts: February 9, 2024
Gov. Brian Kemp and Georgia legislators are protecting workers’ right to privacy in union elections
January 12, 2024 • Blog
At the Capitol: Week of January 8
A recap of the first week of the 2024 legislative session in Georgia.
January 12, 2024 • Friday Facts
Friday Facts: January 12, 2023
Gov. Kemp makes push for school choice in Thursday's State of the State address.
January 11, 2024 • Commentary
Kemp calls for school choice in State of the State
Gov. Brian Kemp displayed an urgency in his call for school choice this session,
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.
January 4, 2024 • Commentary
What will be the biggest issues during the 2024 legislative session?
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 15, 2023 • Friday Facts
Friday Facts: December 15, 2023
When it comes to analyzing the available data on student outcomes for college and career academies, we found two main obstacles. What are they?
December 8, 2023 • Friday Facts
Friday Facts: December 8, 2023
Georgia policymakers may be asked to consider a potential expansion of the state Medicaid program using Arkansas as the model.
December 7, 2023 • Commentary
Will Medicaid expansion make its way to Georgia?
Georgia policymakers may be asked to consider a potential expansion of the state Medicaid program using Arkansas as the model. But should they?
December 7, 2023 • Blog
Senate Study Committee recommends full CON repeal
The committees findings highlight how the CON process obstructs advancements in healthcare and creates anti-competitive environments.
November 10, 2023 • Friday Facts
Friday Facts: November 10, 2023
Gov. Kemp extends suspension of gas tax until the end of November.
November 3, 2023 • Friday Facts
Friday Facts: November 3, 2023
Georgia’s next Election Day is not in 2024. It’s next Tuesday.
November 1, 2023 • Blog
Original opponents of Georgia Pathways continue to oppose Georgia Pathways
Georgia Pathways is intended to improve on the mediocrity of Medicaid.
October 27, 2023 • Friday Facts
Friday Facts: October 27, 2023
Just in time for Halloween, we outline 11 spooky policy ideas - from banning gas-powered vehicles to blocking charter schools - we should all run from.
October 25, 2023 • Commentary
Washington runs historically abnormal deficits
2023 was the third straight fiscal year that Washington has run historically abnormal deficits while Georgia ran historically abnormal surpluses.
July 28, 2023 • Friday Facts
Friday Facts: July 28, 2023
The Georgia Department of Transportation plans to launch a pilot program later this year that will test mileage-based user fees.
July 19, 2023 • Commentary
What should lawmakers do with another budget surplus?
Those who favor larger government spending are redoubling their calls to increase taxpayer-funded services, as if the good times will never end.
July 14, 2023 • Friday Facts
Friday Facts: July 14, 2023
Will a Certificate of Need study committee in the House lead to reform?
June 30, 2023 • Friday Facts
Friday Facts: June 30, 2023
The lack of emphasis on civics, government and political history is the biggest education problem in our country.
June 23, 2023 • Friday Facts
Friday Facts: June 23, 2023
The end of the public health emergency meant that states would resume doing what they had done for the first 50-plus years of Medicaid.
June 21, 2023 • Commentary
States can begin verifying Medicaid eligibility for first time in 3 years
Millions of people have been receiving a taxpayer-funded benefit for which they no longer qualify.
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