March 23, 2023 • Commentary
What happened to CON reform this year?
Three bills that would have reduced certificate of need regulations by varying degrees were introduced this year.
March 7, 2023 • Blog
What’s still alive after Crossover Day?
Each bill had to pass out of its legislative chamber of origin by Monday or it is dead for the year.
February 15, 2023 • Blog
Time to reform Certificate of Need laws
The debate over Georgia’s “certificate of need” laws has raged since the 1980s. Could this be the year lawmakers finally resolve it?
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.
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 12, 2022 • Blog
Expanding healthcare access. Lowering costs for consumers.
Healthcare policy should be transparent, equitable and patient-based.
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 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.
October 7, 2022 • Pacific Legal Foundation
Georgia Birth Center Director Fights Crony Protectionism to Help Expectant Mothers
Georgia mothers lack alternatives when the state grants hospitals “competitor’s veto” power over birth centers.
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 • Blog
Georgia’s Obsolete CON
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
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.
August 19, 2022 • Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Judge’s Decision Backing Georgia Medicaid Waiver Draws Reaction
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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January 14, 2022 • Friday Facts
Friday Facts: January 14, 2022
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 […]
