Jun 21, 2016 A Georgia health care task force is putting the final touches on widely anticipated recommendations for the state to increase access to medical services for the uninsured. Those options will be “markedly different’’ from conventional Medicaid expansion as enacted by numerous states under the Affordable Care Act, said Brian Robinson, a former aide to Gov. Nathan Deal who’s working on the project…

May 23, 2016

Cindy Zeldin, executive director of Georgians for a Healthy Future, said Monday that proposed rate increases “are the health insurance companies’ opening bid and serve as important information for regulators, consumer advocates, and other stakeholders, but they aren’t a good predictor of what consumers will actually pay for health insurance next year.’’

May 12, 2016

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…”