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		<title>Georgia&#8217;s health insurance exchange committee finalizes work, receives national press</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Nov 2011 02:08:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Administrator</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The final report of the Governor’s health insurance exchange advisory committee is expected on December 15th. The work of the committee received attention in the Washington Post and Kaiser Health News this week...]]></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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		<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>Georgia to Review Proposed Insurance Premium Rate Hikes</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 30 Jul 2011 14:49:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Cindy Zeldin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In recent years, Georgia consumers have seen their health insurance premiums increase more quickly than their earnings, placing a strain on household budgets. Thanks to requirements and resources available through the Affordable Care Act, Georgia's Insurance Department has expressed its intent to operate a rate review program to scrutinize proposed insurance premium rate increases of ten percent or more to comply with the law.]]></description>
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		<title>Pathways to Coverage</title>
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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>Bills We&#8217;re Watching:  HB 476</title>
		<link>http://healthyfuturega.org/archives/1955?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=health-insurance-exchange-legislation-introduced-in-georgia</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 05 Mar 2011 14:30:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Cindy Zeldin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[On Friday, House Bill 476, which would establish the Georgia Health Exchange Authority, was introduced. The legislation sets up a governance structure for a state health insurance exchange and creates an advisory committee to advise the governing board on the design, implementation, and operation of the exchange.]]></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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		<title>Changes are needed inside the state to help Georgians afford needed care</title>
		<link>http://healthyfuturega.org/archives/634?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=changes-are-needed-inside-the-state-to-help-georgians-afford-needed-care</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Dec 2009 20:17:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Holly Lang, Georgia Watch</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Holly Lang Each day, the crisis of affordable care grows for uninsured and underinsured Georgians. An estimated one-third of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Hospital Accountability</title>
		<link>http://healthyfuturega.org/archives/467?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=hospital-accountability</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Oct 2009 01:49:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Holly Lang, Georgia Watch</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Holly Lang In January 2009, Georgia Watch was awarded a two-year grant to help expand access to affordable health [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Health Care Should be Available, Affordable, Adequate, and Administratively Simple</title>
		<link>http://healthyfuturega.org/archives/304?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=health-care-should-be-available-affordable-adequate-and-administratively-simple</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Oct 2009 06:18:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brittany Freeman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Brittany Freeman The American Cancer Society is proud to congratulate Georgians for a Healthy Future on its recent launch. [...]]]></description>
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