Library

  1. Home
  2. >
  3. Prioritizing Consumers in the...

Prioritizing Consumers in the Patients First Act (SB 106)

X

Prioritizing Consumers in the Patients First Act (SB 106)

Authors: Georgians for a Healthy Future
Published: March 3, 2019

Consumer-friendly principles proposed by Georgians for a Healthy Future that would allow the Patients First Act (SB 106) to benefit Georgians and create necessary principles to protect consumers.

Consumer-friendly principles proposed by Georgians for a Healthy Future that would allow the Patients First Act (SB 106) to benefit Georgians and create necessary principles to protect consumers.

Download
Related News

Georgia’s new health insurance marketplace launches this week: what to expect as Georgians begin to shop and enroll in their 2025 coverage

Every year on November 1st, healthcare.gov and state-specific health insurance marketplaces open so that Americans…

8 Essential Health Care Questions for Georgia Candidates in 2024

As Georgians prepare to cast their votes in this year’s elections, the importance of health…

Georgia’s Pathways Program: What you need to know

Georgia is one of 10 states that has not yet expanded Medicaid. Our leaders’ in…
Other Suggested Resources
Enrollment Assistance Brochure
Protect Your Peach Palmcard
Georgia’s health care waivers: What each waiver does and their impacts on health insurance eligibility in Georgia
The Health & Economic Livelihood Partnership (HELP) Act
Income Limits, 2024
Georgia Pathways to Coverage (“Pathways”) Fact Sheet
Preventive Services Coverage and Cost-Sharing Protections Are Inconsistently and Inequitably Implemented
Medicaid Renewals (or Redeterminations) Flier
Georgia Left Me Out
Disparities in Insurance Access
Telemedicine and broadband internet access: A tool, not a cure to transportation-related barriers to care
2020 Annual Report
Required for recovery: Substance use & mental health parity
Health Transportation Shortages: A Barrier to Health Care for Georgians
2021-2022 Policy Priorities
Getting Georgia Covered
Outnumbered
What is Parity in Behavioral Health Services?
Transportation fact sheet
Georgians in the Driver’s Seat
Getting Georgia Covered
New Consumer Testing Shows Limited Consumer Understanding of Short-Term Plans and Need for Continued State and NAIC Action
Happening Now: Changes in Health Care for Georgians
Understanding Your Behavioral Health
Mental Health for Your Children and Young Adults
1332 waiver process
1115 waiver process
What You Need to Know About 1332 Waivers & Georgia’s Health Insurance Marketplace
A Consumer Health Advocate’s Guide to the 2019 Georgia Legislative Session
What you need to know about waivers and Medicaid expansion
2019 Policy Priorities
Medicaid Matters to Georgia storybook
Getting Georgia Covered
Medicaid Matters for Georgia
10 Years, 10 Wins
My Health Resource Guide
Strategic Plan: 2018-2020
Moms need Medicaid
Healthy Minds, Healthy Bodies: Behavioral Health Needs and Supports for Georgia’s Children and Youth
Power of Prevention: A New Opportunity for Providers to Address Youth Substance Use
An Insurance Card for Every Georgian
A Consumer Health Advocate’s Guide to the 2018 Georgia Legislative Session
A Consumer Perspective on Coverage Mandates
Getting Georgia Covered
Voices for Equity
Grassroots Toolkit: Protect Our Care
The future of Medicaid funding in Georgia
A Consumer Health Advocate’s Guide to the 2017 Georgia Legislative Session
Health Care Unscrambled 2017 program
2017 Policy Priorities
What Repeal of the Affordable Care Act Could Mean For Georgia Consumers
Health Beyond Health Care: Opportunities to Improve Health by Addressing Social Determinants
Application Guide
How Much Will Health Insurance Cost You?
Enrollment Assistance Exit Form
Health Insurance & Taxes
Preventive Services
You’re Covered, Now What?
Common Scams and Concerns: Affordable Health Care
Special Enrollment Periods
Medicaid in Georgia
Customizable Enrollment Event Flyer 1
Health Insurance Complaints and Appeals
Employer Coverage and Tax Credits Worksheet
Get Insured. Stay Insured.
Customizable Enrollment Event Flyer 2
Georgia Enrollment Assistance Resource (GEAR) Materials
Collaborating For Consumers: How Assisters and Advocates Can Inform Policy
Health Care Unscrambled 2017 Sponsorship Opportunities
Promoting Access to Affordable Prescription Drugs
Getting Georgia Covered
Presentation: What We Can Learn From Consumer and Enrollment Assister Experiences During OE3
Video: Get Insured. Stay Insured.
Health Insurance 411
Making Sure Your Insurance Is Still A Good Fit
How To Get Your Money’s Worth From Your Health Insurance
How To Get Health Insurance
Why You Need Health Insurance
How Health Insurance Works
Public comment letter on proposed Aetna-Humana Merger
Proceed With Caution: Proposed Health Insurance Mergers Could Harm Georgia Consumers
Health Insurance for Refugees and Immigrants: Best Practices, Challenges and the Way Forward
GEAR Webinar: Health Insurance for Refugees and Immigrants
Infographic: Closing the coverage gap can help rural communities
Infographic: Rural Georgians in the coverage gap
Changes in Health Care and Policy in the 2016 Georgia Legislative Session
Close the Coverage Gap Postcard — Henry’s Story
Close the Coverage Gap Postcard – Lisa’s Story
Close the Coverage Gap Postcard – Tracy’s Story
Affordable Health Care for Your Children
For Uninsured Parents
Income Guidelines for Parents, Caregivers, and Kids
Closing Georgia’s coverage gap helps people with behavioral health and substance use disorders
Comments to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, Department of Health and Human Services, CMS-9937-P
GHF summary of comments to Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) on the proposed 2017 Benefit and Payment Parameters rule in December 2015
Network Error
Infographic: Closing the Coverage Gap
Infographic: Why close the coverage gap?
Infographic: Who qualifies for Medicaid?
Infographic: Who is in the coverage gap?
Georgia 2017 Essential Health Benefits Benchmark Plan Comments
GEAR Webinar: ACA and Taxes
ACA and Taxes: A resource for Navigators and Assisters in Georgia
CHAT with Sen. Rhett on Closing the Coverage Gap
Julie Silas on Network Adequacy
What is the Coverage Gap?
GHF Testimony on SB 302 to Senate Insurance Committee
Improving Network Adequacy and Provider Directory Standards in Georgia
What’s Wrong with Georgia’s Provider Directories?
Improving Provider Directory Accuracy and Usability
Setting and Enforcing Network Adequacy Standards in Georgia
Lynn Quincy of Consumer’s Union at Health Care Unscrambled
A Consumer Health Advocate’s Guide to the 2016 Georgia Legislative Session
2016 Policy Priorities
2016 Policy Priorities
We Support Closing the Coverage Gap Too!
Close the Coverage Gap: Expand Medicaid
Use the Consumer Health Advocate’s Guide to the Legislative Session
Getting Georgia Covered
Georgians for a Healthy Future: Brochure
Georgians for a Healthy Future: Mission & Vision
What is Network Adequacy?
How Georgia Can Ensure Network Adequacy
Study Committee Update: Network Adequacy
Testimony to the Senate Study Committee on the Consumer and Provider Protection Act
Getting Covered During Open Enrollment
Getting and Keeping Georgia Covered
Finding a Primary Care Provider
Georgia’s Potential to Lead on Substance Use Prevention
Somebody Finally Asked Me: Substance Use Prevention
Somebody Finally Asked Me: A Preventive Approach to Address Youth Substance Use
Georgia Enrollment Assistance Resource (GEAR) Network: Gearing Up for OE3!
Manual de Usuario de mi Seguro de Salud
My Health Insurance User’s Manual
Health Insurance Options for Georgia’s LGBT Community
Transgender Health Care
Health Care for People Living with HIV/AIDS
Why Closing the Coverage Gap Matters to Georgia’s LGBT Community
Many Working Parents and Families in Georgia Would Benefit from Extending Medicaid Coverage
Asegurese. Siga asegurado.
Can Newly Covered Georgians Access the Care They Need?
Percent Insured, 2009 – 2014
Federal Medical Assistance Percentages in Georgia
Who Gets Medicaid in Georgia?
Medicaid and Access to Care
Georgia’s Health Insurance Coverage Gap
Understanding Medicaid in Georgia and the Opportunity to Improve It
Federal Poverty Level by Family Size
Annual Incomes of People in the Coverage Gap
Return on Investment for Medicaid Expansion
Percent of Uninsured Adults Who Could Get Medicaid
Uninsured Veterans Could Gain Coverage
Job Classifications of Georgians in the Coverage Gap
Georgia’s Medicaid Expansion Ledger
The Important Role of Medicaid and PeachCare for Kids
The Medicaid Dollar
Percent Change in Medicaid Enrollment
How Restrictive is Georgia’s Medicaid Program Today?
Demographics of Georgians in the Coverage Gap
Current and Expanded Eligibility
Hospitals, Communities, and the Coverage Gap
Health Care Navigation for Limited English Proficiency (LEP) Groups
Consumer Health Impact Awards 2015
Get Married. Get Covered.
Ensuring Health Coverage for all Georgians
Health Literacy in Georgia
OE2 By the Numbers
Getting Georgia Covered: OE2 Presentation
Getting Georgia Covered
Uninsured Rates by County, 2013-2014
Changes in Health Care and Policy in the 2015 Georgia Legislative Session
Georgia’s Coverage Gap
Close the Coverage Gap Postcard
Faces of Advocacy
Interview with Chairman Richard Smith
What is Crossover Day?
Comments on the RHSC Recommendations
Interview with Rep. Debbie Buckner
Interview with Sen. Chuck Hufstetler
Interview with Sen. Bethel
Interview with Sen. Renee Unterman
Coming Soon: The Legislature In Your Living Room
Health Care Policy and Advocacy in the 2015 Legislative Session
Health Care Unscrambled 2015
A Consumer Health Advocate’s Guide to the 2015 Georgia Legislative Session
Prevent Youth Addiction
Strengthening Georgia’s Rural Hospitals and Increasing Access to Care
Memo to RHSC Committee Members
Share Your Story
Covering Kids: How the Affordable Care Act Affects Georgia’s Children
A Consumer Health Advocate’s Guide to the 2014 Georgia Legislative Session
A Consumer Health Advocate’s Guide to the 2013 Georgia Legislative Session
A Consumer Health Advocate’s Guide to the 2012 Georgia Legislative Session
Modernizing Medicaid and PeachCare
Medical Loss Ratio Rules: Ensuring Value for Georgia’s Health Care Consumers
Building Georgia’s Health Insurance Exchange
Voter Guide: Office of the State Insurance Commissioner
Coverage, Access, Affordability, and Quality