By Mary Landers, Savannah Now Georgia Power is seeking to increase customer rates by approximately 7% in 2020. As outlined in the company’s filing with the Georgia Public Service Commission late last week, the typical residential customer using 1,000...
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By Misty Williams - The Atlanta Journal-Consitution Published online: March 15, 2017, In print: March 16, 2017 An estimated 750,000 Georgians — many of them poor and older — could lose their health insurance under the GOP’s Obamacare replacement...
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Written by: Andy Miller, Georgia Health News Published: January 26, 2017 When his 5-year-old son suffered a burn injury, Michael Caraway took him to a local hospital emergency room. The hospital was in Caraway’s insurance network. His son got successful...
More info“Less than one-quarter of Georgia hospitals score “A” in safety ratings”
Georgia Health News, Andy Miller - November 1, 2016 Just 22 percent of Georgia hospitals received an “A” grade on patient safety in the latest ratings from the Leapfrog Group. That put Georgia in a tie for 36th place among states ranked on percentages...
More info“Major changes could be coming for prescription drugs”
October 12, 2016 By Kim Passoth, ATLANTA (CBS46) - "You could soon be paying more and getting less as major changes could be on the way for prescription drug coverage. Many health insurance companies are changing their policies, meaning drugs currently...
More info“Who needs and doesn’t need licenses to work in Georgia spurs questions”
By: Kristina Torres In Georgia, the professional landscaper reimagining your backyard may need three separate licenses to do the work you want, but not the woman who does your taxes. Several dozen professional occupations — such as auctioneers, used car...
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By Astra Taylor Georgia’s founder, James Oglethorpe, an eighteenth-century social reformer, envisioned the colony as an economic utopia—a haven for those locked in Britain’s debtors’ prisons. Oglethorpe petitioned King George II to allow the...
More info“Louisiana rolls out Medicaid expansion; can it be a model for Georgia?”
By Tom Crawford On June 1, Louisiana became the first southern state bordering the Gulf of Mexico to launch a Medicaid expansion program funded through the Affordable Care Act. That happened because of the upset victory last fall of Democrat John Bel...
More info“Federal payday lending rule draws strong comments from both sides”
By Tom Crawford Consumer advocate organizations warned Thursday that a federal rule proposed by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) to put tighter limits on payday lenders could potentially harm states like Georgia that already have...
More info“You only think you’re covered”
Written by: Haley Sweetland Edwards Published online on March 3, 2016 at TIME.com an in the March 14th issue of TIME magazine This is a comprehensive piece on surprise medical bills that profiles several Georgia consumers and gives a good national...
More info“Lawmakers to weigh several consumer-related bills”
By WALTER C. JONES ATLANTA — A clue to how at least one consumer-protection bill may fair in this year’s session of the General Assembly came during a panel discussion when all four legislators and the moderator complained of being victimized. That...
More info“Health assessment stirs questions . . . even before it’s released”
Published November 8, 2015 in Georgia Health News Written By: Syndey Devine Two Athens hospitals are sitting on a federally mandated report they commissioned early this year, and people who run safety net clinics and social service agencies are anxiously...
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