Decision 2014: Medicaid expansion

PERRspectives: The GOP Has Made the Red State Health Care Deficit Worse

PERRspectives: The GOP Has Made the Red State Health Care Deficit Worse

"To put those findings in terms Republicans can understand, up to 3,000 of Rick Perry's Texans will needlessly die each year. Those dead will joined by up to 671 from Scott Walker's Wisconsin, 1,176 in Nathan Deal's Georgia, 2,221 in Rick Scott's Florida and 1,145 in Pat McCrory's North Carolina."

PERRspectives: In Arkansas and Georgia, an Obamacare Tale of Two Clinics

PERRspectives: In Arkansas and Georgia, an Obamacare Tale of Two Clinics

"For the two clinics, it was the best of times and the worst times. In Mena, Arkansas, the 9th Street Ministries free clinic is closing its doors after 16 years, its services no longer needed by the poor residents who have now obtained health insurance thanks to the Affordable Care Act. But in Glenwood, Georgia, the Lower Oconee Community Hospital has closed, largely because the low income denizens of Wheeler County did not. And with 94,000 Arkansanscovered by the expansion of Medicaid spearheaded by Democratic Governor Mike Beebe while Republican Governor Nathan Deal left over 600,000 Georgians without, the tale of two clinics is bound to be repeated in the months ahead."

Insurance Commissioner Compares Pre-Existing Conditions To Car Wrecks: ‘It’s Your Fault’

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"Georgia Insurance Commissioner Ralph Hudgens (R) has a message for the estimated 57.2 million Americans suffering from diabetes, asthma, cancer, genetic disorders, and other pre-existing medical conditions: it’s your fault."

Georgia’s Governor Took Money From The Insurance Lobby While Denying Health Coverage To The Poor

Georgia’s Governor Took Money From The Insurance Lobby While Denying Health Coverage To The Poor: A Super PAC linked to Gov. Nathan Deal (R) has taken over half a million dollars in political contributions from the health care industry. But he's been far less willing to accept generous federal money to extend Medicaid coverage to 650,000 of Georgia's poorest residents.

GA Gov. Nathan Deal Taking Payola To Obstruct Obamacare

GA Gov. Nathan Deal Taking Payola To Obstruct Obamacare
"Let's also pay attention to the Big Donors here: United Health, Aetna, Humana and Blue Cross. United Health and Aetna have declined to participate in state-based exchanges in states where they're actually regulatedlike California and New York, opting instead to hand off some payola to a corrupt Georgia governor in order for him to behave like an obstructionist."

Atlanta Embraces Tenets of Obamacare, Cuts Health Costs by $3.2 Million

Atlanta Embraces Tenets of Obamacare, Cuts Health Costs by $3.2 Million: The city’s approach to Medicare Advantage is exactly the kind of cost-saving measure that President Obama’s health reform law encourages. The Medicare Advantage program, which allows beneficiaries to enroll into a private plan rather than the traditional fee-for-service Medicare program, has a history of over-paying insurance providers. To address this issue, Obamacare diverts about $716 billion from Medicare by eliminating useless subsidies to insurance companies and providers under Medicare Advantage. Although the GOP has tried its best to convince the country that Obama’s cuts to Medicare Advantage are weakening the Medicare program, they are actually intended to stem the tide of excess payments — and help ensure that cities like Atlanta won’t have to switch to private insurance to save on Medicare Advantage costs.