Apr 19, 2016 “United Healthcare’s pullout from the Georgia exchange “will be disruptive for consumers who are currently enrolled in a United plan and will need to switch during open enrollment,’’ said Cindy Zeldin of the consumer group Georgians for a Healthy Future….”

Apr 13, 2016

“As consumer advocates, we are very worried that consumers will face higher costs without experiencing better quality if these mergers are approved,’’ said the group’s executive director, Cindy Zeldin….

Mar 9, 2016

“Directory errors can be common. For example, a “secret shopper’’ survey done by Georgians for a Healthy Future found numerous errors in four “silver-level” HMOs in Atlanta that the consumer group examined. The survey found that one in five primary care doctors listed as participating in a plan’s network were not actually in that network, Cindy Zeldin, executive director of the consumer group, told GHN on Wednesday…”

Feb 23, 2016

59:18: Cindy Zeldi, executive director of Georgians for a Healthy Future, examines current state legislation related to healthcare and health policy

Feb 17, 2016

“The bill may not get very far this year, with time running out in the General Assembly session and without the fiscal impact yet studied. But a Senate health committee broke new ground Wednesday by holding a legislative hearing on a proposal, Senate Bill 368, that would create a Medicaid expansion alternative in Georgia. The panel’s discussion of the plan represents what experts say is the first time that a bill to pursue expansion or an expansion-like alternative has actually gained a hearing at the General Assembly since the Affordable Care Act was passed by Congress in 2010…”

Feb 5, 2016

“More than 580,000 Georgians signed up for coverage in the insurance exchange during the third open enrollment for the Affordable Care Act, federal health officials said Thursday. The total of 587,845 during the signup period, which ended Jan. 31, was a 9 percent increase over last year’s Georgia total of 536,929 at the end of open enrollment..”

Feb 3, 2016

“Medicaid expansion may be dead for the year, but there appears to be bipartisan cooperation on other health policy issues…”

Feb 3, 2016

“Forty one percent of privately insured Georgia residents received a surprise medical bill where their health plan paid less than expected in the past two years, according to a new representative survey of 407 Georgia residents by the Consumer Reports National Research Center. Of those that received a surprise medical bill, 11 percent were charged at an out-of-network rate when they thought a provider was in-network…”

Jan 29, 2016

“We’ve been very busy,” said Pranay Rana, a consumer education specialist in Atlanta with the nonprofit group Georgians for a Healthy Future. Enrollment help will be available over the weekend at a variety of locations, he said, including community centers and churches…”

Jan 14, 2016

“A bipartisan panel of state lawmakers voiced agreement Thursday on at least a couple of health care issues. Support for a higher cigarette tax, and for the emerging trend of ambulance crews treating people in their homes rather than in ERs were two areas of general unanimity on the panel, at an event sponsored by the group Georgians for a Healthy Future. But as expected, there was sharp division among the four legislators on the panel when it came to the issue of expanding the state’s Medicaid program…”