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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>Taylor County Symposium Draws Enthusiastic Crowd to Solve Local Problems</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Sep 2011 14:39:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Amanda Ptashkin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Last Thursday, we returned to Butler, Taylor County for our second symposium in our Building a Healthy Georgia campaign.  The event focused on workforce and economic development, the value of access to care and the importance of public health... ]]></description>
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		<title>Medicaid and PeachCare Advocacy Opportunity</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 11 Sep 2011 15:27:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Administrator</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[As part of the Department of Community Health's Medicaid redesign process, stakeholder focus groups will be held throughout Georgia in the coming months...]]></description>
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		<title>Medicaid important to Georgia&#8217;s health and economy</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 27 Aug 2011 18:05:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Cindy Zeldin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[At a time when the number of people without health insurance continues to rise, Medicaid and other programs that support health care access for low-income children, families, and the disabled remain at risk...]]></description>
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		<title>Pathways to Coverage</title>
		<link>http://healthyfuturega.org/archives/2283?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=pathways-to-coverage</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 27 Jun 2011 12:33:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Administrator</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Georgians for a Healthy Future has a new fact sheet out today about how to access health insurance in Georgia. Please share with patients, consumers, providers, community organizations, or anyone for whom it can serve as a resource.]]></description>
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		<title>Workforce Shortages in Georgia</title>
		<link>http://healthyfuturega.org/archives/2137?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=workforce-shortages-in-georgia</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 16 Jun 2011 17:28:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michelle Putnam</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Michelle Putnam
Executive Director, Health STAT
Georgia has long experienced a workforce shortage, ranking behind most states in the ratio of patients to physicians, nurses, and physicians assistants.]]></description>
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		<title>PCIP Update</title>
		<link>http://healthyfuturega.org/archives/1869?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=pcip-update</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Feb 2011 23:57:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Cindy Zeldin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Health Insurance Reform]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Pre-Existing Condition Plan (PCIP) is a new health insurance option for uninsured Georgians who have been denied insurance because of a pre-existing condition. As of February 1st of this year, 399 Georgians had signed up for coverage through the PCIP.]]></description>
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		<title>Live United Interview:  Accessing Health Care in Georgia</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 30 Jan 2011 21:23:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Cindy Zeldin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Georgians for a Healthy Future ED Cindy Zeldin is interviewed by Milton Little, President of the United Way of Metro Atlanta, about health care access in Georgia and how the new health law can help.]]></description>
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		<title>Potential Health Care Cutbacks Cause for Concern</title>
		<link>http://healthyfuturega.org/archives/1727?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=potential-health-care-cutbacks-cause-for-concern</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 30 Jan 2011 01:41:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Cindy Zeldin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[We recognize that Georgia faces serious fiscal challenges and that our budget crisis warrants thoughtful and creative solutions, but we can think of no worse way to address such challenges than by opening up the floodgates to a series of cuts in health care coverage.]]></description>
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		<title>Treat the poor or lose tax-exempt status, landmark case states</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Apr 2010 18:18:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Holly Lang, Georgia Watch</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Holly Lang

In a March ruling that could hold implications for all nonprofit hospitals, the Illinois Supreme Court stripped not-for-profit Provena Covenant Medical Center of its exemption from property tax, stating that the hospital did not provide enough charity care to justify that exemption.]]></description>
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