Everyday People Matter
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...
January marks the 52nd anniversary of National Blood Donor Month. Roughly three percent of the U.S. population donates blood each year. A blood transfusion occurs every two seconds in America. National Blood Donor month celebrates those who donate regularly and the...
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...
On Wednesday the House passed a one week Continuing Resolution to avoid a government shutdown and to extend the time period to fully fund the government through September 2023. Congress last funded the government (through a continuing resolution) for the fiscal year...
Some good news appears on the Social Security horizon. Benefits increase, premiums decrease, and the amount you can earn while receiving retirement goes up. For those in the higher income brackets, more income will be taxed however. For the first time in years, SSA...