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Georgians for a Healthy Future is frequently cited in news articles about health care issues, ensuring the consumer perspective is heard. Read news stories featuring Georgians for a Healthy Future’s perspective below.

2017

State control would increase if GOP health plan becomes law

  • by Andy Miller
  • Georgia Health News
Cindy Zeldin of Georgians for a Healthy Future, which is supportive of the ACA, said the GOP proposal would have “a devastating effect’’ on many Georgians, including children with disabilities, people who rely on Medicaid services, and those with health conditions.
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Like the ACA itself, Georgia navigators face uncertain future

  • by Andy Miller
  • Georgia Health News

Health insurance navigators play a vital role by educating consumers, increasing health insurance literacy, and facilitating enrollment, said Cindy Zeldin of Georgians for a Healthy Future.

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Health care plan collapses in major setback for Trump, GOP

  • by The Atlanta Journal-Constitution

“The American Health Care Act would have caused more than half a million Georgians to lose their coverage entirely while doing nothing to improve affordability or quality of care.”

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As vote looms, Ga leaders ambivalent about health care plan

  • by WABE

“This has been moving at lightning speed, and it makes really big changes to our healthcare system,” said Cindy Zeldin, executive director of Georgians for a Healthy Future.

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GOP Healthcare Plan: How it could affect Georgia

  • by WABE

According to Cindy Zeldin, with healthcare consumer advocacy group Georgians for a Healthy Future, one of the biggest impacts this state would feel is from a major shift in the way Medicaid works.

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GOP health plan could mean less help for Georgians to buy insurance

  • by Atlanta Journal-Constitution

“It’s very likely that many Georgians who have coverage today will no longer be able to afford it under this plan and will lose coverage,” said Cindy Zeldin, executive director of Georgians for a Healthy Future, a consumer advocacy group.

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Republicans tout replacement bill for Obamacare, but will it cover more people?

  • by WSAV 3 Savannah

But Cindy Zeldin from Georgians for a Healthy Future doesn’t think that tax credits will be as effective in terms of helping people buy insurance. She’s doubtful a promise from President Trump and some republicans to offer better coverage to more people can be achieved.

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Georgia insurance chief urges loosening of ACA rules on agents’ commissions

  • by Andy Miller
  • Georgia Health News

Zeldin said that amid the high-stakes policy conversations in Congress, “health care consumers are worried about losing their coverage and many of their health care rights and protections. State and federal policymakers should be looking out first and foremost for the needs of consumers, not the insurance industry, which surely can represent itself in the policymaking process.”

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‘Save My Care’ Bus Stops In Atlanta To Support Obamacare

  • by WABE

“Repealing this law would really destabilize the market and it would throw the health system into chaos,” said Cindy Zeldin, who leads the group Georgians for A Healthy Future. “And the result of that would be more people losing coverage than had even gained it…”

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Better Georgia Podcast: Episode 30

  • by Louis Elrod
  • Better Georgia

Today on the show we’re talking to Laura Colbert from Georgians for a Healthy Future about the latest healthcare issues in our state.

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