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2025 Board of Directors Meeting Agenda
July 29, 2025
2024 Annual Report
May 9, 2025
Georgia’s health care waivers: What each waiver does and their impacts on health insurance eligibility in Georgia
February 14, 2025
2025-2026 Policy Priorities
January 13, 2025
FACT SHEET: Georgia Housing Voucher Program
October 8, 2024
Enrollment Assistance Brochure
September 13, 2024
Protect Your Peach Palmcard
September 13, 2024
FACT SHEET: Georgia’s Low Income Housing Tax Credit (LIHTC)
August 27, 2024
Summary: Realizing the Promise of Olmstead
July 28, 2024
The Health & Economic Livelihood Partnership (HELP) Act
March 4, 2024
Health Care Unscrambled 2024 Slides
January 12, 2024
2024 Health Care Unscrambled Program
January 12, 2024
Pathways Eligibility Flier – Spanish
November 20, 2023
Income Limits, 2024
November 9, 2023
Policy Corner
Since 2008, Georgians for a Healthy Future has partnered with community members, organizations, and decision-makers to help make health care more affordable and accessible across the state. In 2024, your support has helped us make meaningful progress: Making Medicaid and Marketplace Coverage Work Better for Georgians MORE >
Georgians with Medicaid or Georgia Access coverage: Your story matters. Georgians for a Healthy Future is partnering with Families USA to amplify the voices of Georgians who rely on Medicaid and affordable health coverage. If you’ve been helped by Medicaid or the enhanced premium tax credits through Georgia Access, we invite you to share your… MORE >
Georgians for a Healthy Future is launching a new Caregiver Coalition, and we want you to be part of it. Why Join the Caregiver Coalition? Family caregivers play a critical role in supporting the health and well-being of Georgians. Whether you care for an adult or child with an intellectual or developmental disability, a physical… MORE >
ackground On May 22, the U.S. House passed a sweeping budget bill, known as the “One Big Beautiful Bill” Act. The budget bill proposes significant changes to the Affordable Care Act (ACA) Health Insurance Marketplace, which is known as Georgia Access in our state.Proponents say these changes will cut costs, but they would also make… MORE >
Early this morning, the U.S. House passed a budget proposal that would make the largest cuts to Medicaid in the program’s 60-year history and the most sweeping change to U.S. health policy since the Affordable Care Act. Although framed as “program integrity” and cost-saving measures, these provisions would restrict health coverage, squeeze state funding, and… MORE >
See the impact. Join the movement. Georgians for a Healthy Future has long been a leader in fighting health disparities, advocating for expanded coverage, and ensuring affordable access to preventive services. What does that really mean? It means fighting for the 240,000 Georgians currently stuck in the coverage gap. It means standing alongside parents, caregivers,… MORE >
Medicaid, the federal health insurance program for low-income children and some adults under 65, is essential to the physical and financial health of Georgia families and the state as a whole. Medicaid covers almost 2 million low-income Georgians (18% of the state’s population), serves as a crucial lifeline for Georgia’s rural hospitals. It also accounted… MORE >
We’ve made it to the end of the legislative session and through Sine Die (the last day of session). This year’s session ended abruptly with state senators adjourning before House members wrapped up. The Senate’s unexpectedly early departure left many bills in limbo. When Senators left early, they also left behind a number of Senate-passed… MORE >
National Public Health Week is an opportunity to focus on building healthier communities and ensuring that every Georgian has access to essential care, especially in a state where too many still face barriers to basic health services. One of the most powerful ways to improve health, lower costs, and strengthen economic stability is through preventive… MORE >
LEGISLATIVE UPDATE: WEEK 11 The 2025 legislative session is in its final stretch, with just a few days left until Sine Die (the last day of the session) on Friday, April 4th. Lawmakers are racing to finalize key bills and the state budget—and there’s still time for you to speak up. Things can move quickly… MORE >
The 2016 Legislative Session is underway! At GHF, we are working on issues that are important to Georgia’s health care consumers. As these issues come up during the legislative session, we will bring you weekly updates. Download our 2016 Policy Priorities WHAT HAPPENED THIS WEEK Improving Provider Directories Georgians for a Healthy Future has identified provider… MORE >
In December, the ACA Implementation Research Network released its Georgia state report at a policy forum held at the Community Foundation for Greater Atlanta. The report provides a detailed look at the key decisions made by Georgia policymakers around the implementation of the Affordable Care Act over the past five years. Georgians for a Healthy… MORE >
Georgia legislative study committees meet during the off-session to take a deeper dive into specific policy issues and develop strategies for the legislature to address them. Each committee produces a report on its findings and recommendations that they want to move forward in the next legislative session. Click here for a complete listing of House… MORE >
The National Association of Insurance Commissioners approved an updated network adequacy model act at its Fall meeting in November. The model act is a framework that states can adopt to help ensure that consumers have meaningful and timely access to the health services in their benefit package. With more insurance companies offering narrow network plans,… MORE >
Several health-related study committees met during the summer and fall months, and most of them are wrapping up their work. The Consumer and Provider Protection Act Study Committee held its final open meeting in November with a focus on network adequacy and provider directories. Claire McAndrew from Families USA, a national consumer health advocacy organization,… MORE >
This workbook is a take-home, interactive resource for the newly enrolled. It covers topics that enrollment assisters may not have time to cover during the enrollment appointment, such as how to find a primary care provider, how to make your first appointment, and even how to make a budget. People can fill in the workbook… MORE >
North Fulton Community Charities, a non-profit human service agency that assists families in need in North Fulton County, invited Georgians for a Healthy Future to present our Medicaid chart book to its community leaders. Board members, city and county council people, and state legislators were in attendance, along with interested community members. We had a… MORE >
Earlier this year, two separate proposed health insurance mergers were announced. A November New York Times article laid out some of the concerns that consumer advocates have about the proposed mergers and featured comments from Cindy Zeldin, Georgians for a Healthy Future’s Executive Director. Our Health Policy Analyst Meredith Gonsahn is monitoring this important issue… MORE >
Georgians for a Healthy Future hit the road again recently, this time to Savannah! Along with the Georgia Budget & Policy Institute and the Chatham County Safety Net Planning Council, we hosted Coverage and Access to Care: A Local Focus on Savannah. The event provided the opportunity to have a roundtable discussion about the health… MORE >
It’s an exciting time in health advocacy. The nation’s uninsured rate has plummeted over the past two years as Americans who were left out of our health system for too long have finally been invited in. But the pathway to coverage remains blocked for our lowest-income citizens here in Georgia... MORE >