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.

ATLANTA, Ga. (January 17, 2012) – Two of Georgia’s leading health care advocacy organizations  today issued a report saying the state could significantly expand medical care to more than 200,000  uninsured children with administrative practices, coverage policies and technologies already being used  in other states.

Atlanta (June 29, 2011) – Medicaid cuts in the House Republican budget, if implemented today, would have a devastating impact on Georgia’s economy. These cuts would put as many as 38,420 jobs and as much as $4.4 billion in state business activity at risk, according to a report released today by the national health care consumer organization Families USA.