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02.10

4:38

Tobacco Tax Is a Win for Georgia

Tobacco Tax Is a Win for Georgia
By Michelle Putnam, MPH

For those inclined to live under a rock, the state of Georgia is in a deep recession, with revenues steadily declining over the past year and showing no sign of recovery.  In Georgia, 20% of adults and 18% of high school students smoke, costing our $2 billion a year in smoking-related health problems.  Is there a magic pill that would solve both of these problems at once?  You bet there is.  I give you, the tobacco tax.

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12.09

4:58

Health Care Reform Will Help Georgia Residents Find Coverage

This post originally appeared in the Atlanta Journal-Constitution on December 8, 2009.


By Cindy Zeldin


Our nation is on the cusp of historic public policy change. In the next several weeks, the most sweeping health reform legislation in 40 years will likely become law. Despite the heated town halls of August and the steady stream of information coming from the legislative debates in Washington, many Georgians are still wondering: What does this mean for me?


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03

12.09

12:41

Georgia May Just Say No

By Mike King

With a month to go before the 2010 session of the Georgia General Assembly convenes, a leading Republican lawmaker has already staked out what the state party’s position on any health care reform measure coming out of Washington will be: Georgia wants no part of it, says state Sen. Judson Hill (R-Cobb County).


Hill, one of the chief proponents of market-based, non-government health reform measures in Georgia in recent years, has pre-filed legislation (SR 794) for the 2010 session that would do three things. It would provide Georgia residents a right to obtain coverage through a private insurer, allow them to buy health care services with their own funds directly from doctors and hospitals and be free not to buy insurance or participate in a particular health plan. All these rights would need to be secured with an amendment to the Georgia Constitution.


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More than 1.6 million Georgians are uninsured.Source: Georgia Health Policy Center
Health insurance premiums grew 6.4x faster than earnings over the past decade.Source: Families USA
Georgia’s infant mortality rate is among the worst in the nation.Source: KidsCount
Georgia ranks in the bottom quartile of states on overall quality.Source: New American Foundation
More than 1 million Georgians don't see a doctor due to the cost.Source: BRFSS data
Millions of Georgians are at least two hours away from trauma care.Source: GA Statewide Trauma Action Team

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