The Social Security Administration proposed a rule change to its regulations in February 2023. SSA proposes to remove food from the calculation of In-kind Support and Maintenance (ISM). Supplemental Security Income (SSI) applicants and recipients would no longer...
Last year Wellstar Health System closed its 450 bed Atlanta Medical Center, one of only two Level 1 trauma centers in metro Atlanta. A Level 1 Trauma Center provides the highest of trauma care to critically ill or injured patients and can provide complete care for...
Mass incarceration takes its toll on the health of inmates and former inmates. At any one time in this country more than 6.9 million people are on probation, in jail, in prison or on parole. Each year more than 600,000 individuals are released from state and federal...
In 2021, The American Rescue Plan (ARP) implemented a One Year Child Tax Credit Expansion. The ARP increased the credit from $2000 per child and it raised the age limit from 16 to 17 years. The plan provided a credit for all working families earning up to $150,000...
Medicaid is the federal government health insurance program for people in poverty. Before the Affordable Care Act (ACA) individuals qualified for this program if they lived at about 64% of the federal poverty level. In 2023 the federal poverty level is $13,590 for...
In honor of Mental Wellness Month in January, Georgia has made positive improvements in access to care. The Georgia Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Disabilities (DBHDD) hosts a crisis line 24/7 at 1 800 715 4225. House Bill 9 will continue to...
This week marks National Healthy Weight Week. The National Foundation for Cancer Awareness suggests American celebrate Weight Loss Week with these eight steps: find an enjoyable form of exercise; take smalls steps to weight loss goals; drink more water; get plenty...
In 1966, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. gave a speech, covered by the Associated Press, before the annual meeting of the American Medical Association convention. As the AP reported, he said: “Of all the forms of inequality, injustice in health is the most shocking and...
The country is still under a Public Health Emergency (“PHE”) and will be through January 11, 2023. This can be extended by the Biden Administration. At the start of the pandemic Congress enacted the Families First Coronavirus Response Act (FFCRA) which included a...
Pending before the Supreme Court this session are two important health care cases: Health and Hospital Corp. v Talevski and Kerr v. Edwards. At issue is whether the Court could strip Medicaid beneficiaries, the providers that serve them, and any other beneficiary of...