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.
Topic: Medicaid
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.
June 5, 2023 • Blog
Georgia’s CON pits the powerful against rural healthcare needs
“We want folks here to have a choice, but without competition there is no incentive to be any better.”
May 16, 2023 • Blog
CON laws do not help underserved populations
Of all the stated policy goals, the aim of aiding underserved populations is especially perplexing. And has not happened.
March 20, 2023
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.
February 22, 2023 • Commentary
Georgia’s cautious handling of unexpected budget windfall the right approach
Failing to plan for revenues to come back to earth has bitten states like California, which spent heavily last year and now have a $20 billion budget shortfall.
February 17, 2023 • Friday Facts
Friday Facts: February 17, 2023
It’s Friday! Some bad ideas just won’t go away. MARTA released details last fall on a plan to extend its streetcar 2.5 miles to Atlanta’s Beltline. Previously, the Georgia Public […]
February 10, 2023 • Friday Facts
Friday Facts: February 10, 2023
It’s Friday! As rising housing costs continue to frustrate developers and buyers, it remains important for citizens to understand what goes into those costs – especially if they seem arbitrary or unnecessarily […]
February 8, 2023 • Commentary
Kemp’s Georgia Pathways will soon be launched
Georgia Pathways means better access to care and lower financial risk for taxpayers than Medicaid expansion.
February 3, 2023 • Friday Facts
Friday Facts: February 3, 2023
It’s Friday! There once was a time when comedy was something that could bring people together. It was the job of comedians and satirists to mock and ridicule our largest […]
January 26, 2023 • Friday Facts
Friday Facts: January 27, 2023
It’s Friday! As Georgia celebrates National School Choice Week, the legislature is already looking to expand the tax credit scholarship program. And other proposals might move forward that give parents […]
January 25, 2023 • Commentary
Taxpayer-funded benefits should be for those that are supposed to receive them
Why are some likely to lose Medicaid coverage?
December 9, 2022 • Friday Facts
Friday Facts: December 9, 2022
It’s Friday! Friday’s Freshest: A new international report says Georgia is one of the freest places to live in North America. Sounds great but what does that mean? The Fraser Institute annually […]
November 30, 2022 • MedPage Today
Georgia Set to Implement Medicaid Work Requirements
MedPage Today quoted Director of Policy and Research Chris Denson on Georgia's Medicaid waiver.
November 29, 2022 • Blog
Georgia Taxpayers Lose Out After More Waste, Fraud and Abuse is Discovered
Highlights of government negligence from November 2022.
November 29, 2022 • Friday Facts
Friday Facts: November 25, 2022
It’s Friday! Friday’s Freshest: Georgians are faced with serious problems that affect their daily lives, their futures and their children’s futures. Some of them are urgent and require attention and […]
November 4, 2022 • Commentary
Closure for a Hospital That Didn’t Have to Close
Why the financial statements of Wellstar Atlanta Medical Center don't reflect a hospital that needed to cease operations.
October 25, 2022 • 11Alive
Expanding Medicaid: The debate, the cost, the impact on Georgians
11Alive interviewed Director of Policy and Research Chris Denson during their recent series on potential Medicaid expansion in Georgia.
October 20, 2022 • Commentary
Facts-Based Principles and Practical Recommendations: Guide to the Issues 2022
The Georgia Public Policy Foundation is excited to announce the release of the latest edition of Guide to the Issues!
October 12, 2022 • Commentary
Addressing Georgia’s Healthcare Shortage
Several Georgia counties and communities do not have adequate access to healthcare services. Full practice authority for practitioners would address this trend.
September 16, 2022 • Commentary
A Solution for Georgia’s Rural Healthcare Shortage
Full practice authority for nurse practitioners and physician assistants improves healthcare access, outcomes and cost.
September 15, 2022
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.
August 31, 2022 • Blog
A Medicaid Plan that Works for Georgia
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
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
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
"This waiver was a well-considered effort to offer a path to health coverage for low-income Georgians," said President and CEO Kyle Wingfield.
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