Research & Reports
Gracias a las leyes federales, hay menos niños sin seguro medico en Georgia, pero eso podría cambiar pronto
Georgia ocupa el cuarto lugar entre los estados con el peor número de niños sin seguro médico, con un estimado de 176,000 niños sin cobertura de salud. Comparado con los estados vecinos del sur, Georgia tiene un desempeño insatisfactorio. La tasa de niños sin seguro en todos los estados vecinos—con excepción de la Florida—es mucho […]
The Number of Uninsured Children in Georgia Has Declined Thanks to Federal Law But May Rise Soon
The state of Georgia has the fourth highest number of uninsured children with an estimated 176,000 Georgia children going without health coverage. Georgia performs poorly in comparison to its neighbors in the deep south. All of Georgia’s neighboring states—with the exception of Florida—have better child uninsured rates (see Figure 1). Children without health insurance have […]
Restoring the Public Charge Policy
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) issued a final regulation that restores longstanding public charge policy, effective December 23, 2022. This comes after attempts by the Trump Administration to radically expand the scope and nature of the public charge test, making it much harder for some immigrants to adjust their status and discouraging many more […]
Tips and Best Practices for Unwinding the Medicaid Continuous Coverage Protection
Unwinding the Medicaid continuous coverage protection will be a heavy lift. It will be important for states to work together with community partners in the planning process. Our new and improved Tips and Best Practices outline specific action steps states can take now to be better prepared for the end of the public health emergency […]
En Georgia las mujeres en edad reproductiva enfrentan muchos obstáculos para recibir atención médica
En Georgia 1 de cada 5 mujeres en edad reproductiva no tiene seguro médico Debido en gran parte a la decisión de no expandir Medicaid, Georgia tiene una de las tasas más altas de mujeres en edad reproductiva (18-44 años) sin seguro médico de todo el país: casi 1 de cada 5 (19.3%) no cuenta con seguro […]
Georgia’s Women of Reproductive Age Face Many Barriers to Health Care
One in Five Women of Reproductive Age Is Uninsured in Georgia Largely due to the state’s decision not to expand Medicaid, Georgia has one of the highest rates of uninsured women of reproductive age (18-44) in the country with nearly one in five (19.3 percent) lacking health insurance. Georgia ranks 46th in the country and […]