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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...
Centuries old downtown Atlanta hospital, Wellstar Atlanta Medical Center (formerly Georgia Baptist Hospital) is scheduled to close in November of 2022. Wellstar claims it could not continue to operate the hospital at a loss. Wellstar AMC claimed more than $262...
As 2021 draws to a close, Georgia ranked 50th this year, ahead of only Oklahoma and Mississippi in health care. The Medicare Guide on senior health care analyzed prescription drug prices, the number of physicians in relation to the state’s population and life...
First, right before the holidays, Congress approved another short-term funding bill, funding the government through January 19, 2018. Congress did fund the Children’s Health Insurance Program through March 31, 2018. I have previously blogged on the importance of funding that program. More on that as we head to March. The final version of the tax bill repealed the penalty for…