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Family shocked after receiving medical bill that cost more than double what they expected

February 15, 2022 by Sarah Phillips 0 0 0
Family shocked after receiving medical bill that cost more than double what they expected

By Rebecca Lindstrom, 11Alive (WATCH NOW) – ATLANTA — Healthcare costs keep rising and sometimes it’s hard to understand what’s behind it. There’s been stories of patients being charged different prices for the same procedure based on their...

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Engaging the Community to Promote Medical Billing Transparency and Reduce Debt in Southwest Georgia

January 26, 2022 by Sarah Phillips 0 0 0

By Sarah C. Phillips, Policy Research Associate, Georgia Watch – Medical Debt in Southwest Georgia Medical debt accounts for more than half of all personal debt, affecting the lives of insured and uninsured people alike. In Georgia, where our rate of...

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Born with half a heart; Georgia child’s healthcare in limbo as hospital, insurer negotiate

December 14, 2021 by Georgia Watch 0 0 0
Born with half a heart; Georgia child’s healthcare in limbo as hospital, insurer negotiate

By Rachel Polansky, CBS46 (WATCH NOW) – CUMMING, Ga. (CBS46) — The deadline for Northside Hospital System and Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield to come to an agreement on healthcare and insurance coverage is looming. If they don’t, hundreds of thousands...

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Collecting Community Stories of Medical Debt in Southwest Georgia

December 6, 2021 by Georgia Watch 0 0 0

By: Whitney Griggs – Georgians for a Healthy Future – In the spring of this year, Georgians for a Healthy Future, Georgia Watch, and SOWEGA Rising launched a project in Southwest Georgia to address the burden of medical debt. Southwest Georgia...

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Here’s how to get your medical debt reduced or eliminated

November 23, 2021 by Georgia Watch Outreach 0 0 0
Here’s how to get your medical debt reduced or eliminated

November 23, 2021 By Savannah Levins, 11Alive (Watch Now)– Did you know that medical bills are negotiable? Or that you can get care in Georgia for free? Georgia Watch, a nonprofit consumer group, recently received a $190,000 grant to help Georgians...

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What a Controversial List Says about Nonprofit Hospitals’ Charity Record

July 16, 2021 by Georgia Watch Outreach 0 0 0
What a Controversial List Says about Nonprofit Hospitals’ Charity Record

By Andy Miller, Georgia Health News – Grady Memorial Hospital ranks first, and Piedmont Hospital last, in a report rating the 10 largest nonprofit Atlanta/Athens area hospitals on their spending on charity care and other community health initiatives...

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Factsheet: What You Need to Know about Georgia’s Surprise Billing Law

June 21, 2021 by Georgia Watch 0 0 0
Factsheet: What You Need to Know about Georgia’s Surprise Billing Law

The Surprise Billing Consumer Protection Act went into effect in January, making Georgia the 16th state to have adopted comprehensive protections against surprise medical bills. Georgia Watch and Georgians for a Healthy Future advocated for...

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Georgia Watch awarded grant to aid state’s medical debt

March 12, 2021 by Berneta Haynes 0 0 0
Georgia Watch awarded grant to aid state’s medical debt

By Hannah Jones – Saporta Report Thanks to a $190,000 grant from Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, Georgia Watch will address issues surrounding medical billing and debt in Southwest Georgia by working with local healthcare providers and...

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Foundation grant aimed at medical billing, debt in southwest Georgia

March 11, 2021 by Berneta Haynes 0 0 0
Foundation grant aimed at medical billing, debt in southwest Georgia

By Dave Williams – Capitol Beat News Service Community groups and health care providers in southwest Georgia will get help addressing problems with medical billing and debt thanks to a $190,000 grant, Atlanta-based consumer advocacy group Georgia...

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Georgia Watch Awarded Funding to Work with Southwest Georgia Hospitals on Better Billing and Collections Practices

March 10, 2021 by Berneta Haynes 0 0 0

Atlanta, GA (March 10, 2021) – Georgia Watch announced today that it has been awarded a $190,000 grant from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation to work with community groups and local healthcare providers to address local needs around medical billing and...

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Covid-19 Resilience – Community Voices: Adrianne Proeller, CHW

February 12, 2021 by Berneta Haynes 0 0 0
Covid-19 Resilience – Community Voices: Adrianne Proeller, CHW

By Puru Gaur, Georgia Watch Intern, Emory MPH Candidate Highlighting the Unequal Impacts of an Unprecedented Pandemic We are mindful that a public health crisis like COVID-19 disproportionately impacts marginalized and under-resourced communities that have...

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Georgia Watch’s Berneta Haynes Honored as Families USA’s Health Care Value Advocate of the Year

January 25, 2021 by Berneta Haynes 0 0 0

Atlanta, GA (January 25, 2021) | Berneta Haynes, Senior Director of Policy and Access at Georgia Watch, has been recognized as Families USA’s Health Care Value Advocate of the Year. Haynes earned the award because of her exemplary work championing...

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