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	<title>Georgians For a Healthy Future &#187; Georgia</title>
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		<title>Georgia Legislative Update</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 28 Feb 2012 18:38:19 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The 2012 Legislative Session continues today as legislators meet for Day 27 of the 40-day Session. Crossover Day (Day 30), when a bill must pass at least one chamber to remain viable for the Session, will be March 7th. Here is what health care advocates are watching...]]></description>
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		<title>Health Insurance Exchange Stalls in Georgia</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Feb 2012 23:11:47 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Georgia lags other states in progress towards establishing a health insurance exchange as authorized by the Affordable Care Act (ACA), despite the fact that Georgia stands to experience one of the largest drops in the uninsured as a result of the ACA reforms, according to an analysis by the Urban Institute... ]]></description>
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		<title>Update on Essential Health Benefits</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Feb 2012 23:08:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Administrator</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Georgians for a Healthy Future is monitoring developments at the federal level that will impact benefits and consumer protections for new individual and small group health plans in Georgia beginning in 2014...]]></description>
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		<title>Information for Action</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 08 Jan 2012 22:46:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Administrator</dc:creator>
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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>
		<dc:creator>Administrator</dc:creator>
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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>Opportunity for Input on Essential Health Benefits</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 05 Nov 2011 00:14:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Administrator</dc:creator>
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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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		<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>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>Bang for the Buck: Medical Loss Ratio Rules</title>
		<link>http://healthyfuturega.org/archives/2488?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=bang-for-the-buck-medical-loss-ratio-rules</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Sep 2011 23:51:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Cindy Zeldin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Beginning in 2012, Georgia consumers who purchase individual health insurance policies will have access to more information about how their premium dollars are being spent AND will be eligible for rebates if their insurance company fails to provide sufficient value for the premium dollar...]]></description>
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