Topic: Medical College of Georgia

We might be entering an age of reconsidering how we produce and retain physicians in Georgia.  

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.

What steps can policymakers take to address this physician shortage?

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

Allowing healthcare providers to practice to the full extent of their education and training was recommended.

Gov. Brian Kemp recently vetoed legislation would have provided nearly 500,000 state employees with the opportunity to utilize health savings accounts.

Foundation’s most popular commentaries of 2016. What were the commentaries that most intrigued the Georgia Public Policy Foundation’s readers in 2016? We looked back and tracked the top 10 trending […]

Dr. Leonard Reeves shares an experience that epitomizes his role as president of the Faith and Deeds Community Health free clinic in Rome, Ga. A forklift operator visited the emergency […]

By Brenda Fitzgerald The risk of medical injury due to physician negligence is the same today as it was 30 years ago. Medical liability awards have greatly increased, medical insurance […]