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		<title>Information for Action</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 08 Jan 2012 22:46:31 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Just in time for the 2012 Georgia Legislative Session, Georgians for a Healthy Future has a new resource for advocates: A Consumer Health Advocate’s Guide to the 2012 Georgia Legislative Session: Information for Action... ]]></description>
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		<title>GHF Announces 2012 Legislative &amp; Policy Priorities</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Jan 2012 20:42:08 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[In 2012, Georgians for a Healthy Future will work collaboratively with our coalition and community partners to advance the following health care policy priorities...]]></description>
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		<title>Advocacy Demystified: Tools and Strategies for Effective Consumer Health Advocacy</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Nov 2011 02:09:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Cindy Zeldin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Today we are releasing our latest issue brief: Advocacy Demystified: Tools and Strategies for Effective Consumer Health Advocacy, to arm you with the tools you need to advocate for health care change and empower you to start making a difference in your communities...]]></description>
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		<title>Opportunity for Input on Essential Health Benefits</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 05 Nov 2011 00:14:13 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Beginning in 2014, many health insurance plans, including those to be offered through the new state-based health insurance exchanges, must cover a minimum package of preventive, diagnostic, and therapeutic services and products comparable to those offered in a typical employment-based plan. Now HHS is seeking input from consumers, providers, businesses, insurers, state government officials, and other stakeholders by holding regional listening sessions...]]></description>
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		<title>Unlock the Doors to Real Communities</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 12 Oct 2011 20:01:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Georgia Council on Developmental Disabilities</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Georgia Council on Developmental Disabilities (GCDD) is currently traveling the state to speak with families about their experiences. In a guest post, GCDD Deputy Director Pat Nobbie shares her thoughts with us...]]></description>
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		<title>GHF leads fight to protect new consumer-friendly health insurance standards</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Sep 2011 16:46:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Cindy Zeldin</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Affordability]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[consumer protections]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Thanks to your strong support, Georgians for a Healthy Future and Georgia Watch are proud to announce that we jointly submitted public comments on behalf of 17 Georgia organizations to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) requesting that exciting new health insurance standards that provide increased transparency and value for health care consumers, known as medical loss ratio rules, go through as planned...]]></description>
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		<title>Advocates in Atlanta Have a Vision for Better Care</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 15 Jun 2011 17:35:47 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Jesse Connolly, Campaign Director for the Campaign for Better Care
Last week, I traveled to Atlanta for a roundtable discussion with patients, health care providers and consumer advocates, organized by our colleagues at the Georgia Campaign for Better Care.  Dr. Don Berwick, Administrator of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), brought a national perspective and a distinguished health care background to the panel.]]></description>
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		<title>Health Legislation in Committee This Week</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 06 Mar 2011 16:35:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Cindy Zeldin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Several health care related bills are under consideration by the Georgia Legislature this week. Here is the schedule of what is in committee in both the House and Senate the week of March 7th.]]></description>
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		<title>Tobacco Control Report Card:  Georgia Fails Nearly Every Category</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 24 Jan 2011 12:32:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Administrator</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Access]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[2011]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Georgia failed almost every category in the American Lung Association’s State of Tobacco Control 2010 report. These disappointing grades are due to the consistent failure to increase Georgia’s cigarette tax, inadequate funding for tobacco prevention programs and lack of coverage for quit smoking treatments and services for state workers and Medicaid recipients. ]]></description>
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		<title>October: Breast Cancer Awareness Month</title>
		<link>http://healthyfuturega.org/archives/1490?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=october-breast-cancer-awareness-month</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 15 Oct 2010 18:38:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brittany Freeman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[During the 2010 National Breast Cancer Awareness Month, we can all celebrate the significant progress that is being made to save lives from breast cancer. Today, more women are surviving this terrible disease than ever before. At the federal level, the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act will extend access to more women in the coming years.]]></description>
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