Working parents would receive significant help with health insurance costs if Georgia accepted more federal Medicaid funding to close its health coverage gap, according to a new report released today by Georgians for a Healthy Future (GHF) and the Georgetown University Center for Children and Families (CCF).

Atlanta, Georgia (June 16, 2014) – Young people in Georgia are gaining access to health insurance at historic levels, creating new opportunities to increase access to essential prevention and treatment services. At the same time, misuse of and addiction to alcohol and drugs blunt the potential of too many young Georgians.

Help is on the way to Georgians in need of assistance enrolling in health insurance through the new Health Insurance Marketplace, thanks to a $2.1 million grant from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.

ATLANTA, Ga., January 10, 2013 – More than 40 organizations – including healthcare providers, hospitals and healthcare advocates – announced today the creation of a coalition in support of expanding Medicaid to Georgians with incomes below 133 percent of the federal poverty level as authorized by the federal health care reform law, the Affordable Care Act (ACA).

Today’s ruling from the United States Supreme Court affirming the constitutionality of the Affordable Care Act is an exciting victory for Georgia’s health care consumers.

ATLANTA, Ga. (February  6, 2012) – Georgians for a Healthy Future, one of the state’s leading  health advocacy organizations, announced today the election of Dr. Harry J. Heiman as chairman of the  group’s Board of Directors for 2012.  Dr. Heiman is the director of health policy at The Satcher Health  Leadership Institute and assistant professor in the Department of Family Medicine at the Morehouse  School of Medicine.