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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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Considerable action on health bills puts cap on interrupted session

June 29, 2020 by Berneta Haynes 0 0 0
Considerable action on health bills puts cap on interrupted session

By Andy Miller and Max Blau – Georgia Health News State Rep. David Knight had a triumphant look Friday when talking about his quest for more oversight and restrictions on the PBM industry. Pharmacy Benefit Managers are basically corporate middlemen...

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The financial toll of Covid-19: Beating the virus comes at a cost

April 30, 2020 by Berneta Haynes 0 0 0
The financial toll of Covid-19: Beating the virus comes at a cost

By Rebecca Lindstrom – 11Alive News (Watch Now) COVID-19 has lingered long enough, we now have survivors to celebrate. But it will take months, even years, for some to heal from the financial toll of battling this virus. “Those doctors and nurses...

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Options for uninsured Georgians with COVID-19 to get treatment at reduced or potentially no cost

March 30, 2020 by Jenny Guadalupe 0 0 0
Options for uninsured Georgians with COVID-19 to get treatment at reduced or potentially no cost

By Joe Henke – 11Alive State officials have repeatedly said anyone, including uninsured, needing to be tested for COVID-19 will be tested for free. But will their treatment be covered? ATLANTA — During his town hall address broadcast across Georgia...

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Debt traps, easy filing rules fuel Georgia’s high bankruptcy rate

November 26, 2019 by Jenny Guadalupe 0 0 0
Debt traps, easy filing rules fuel Georgia’s high bankruptcy rate

By Willoughby Mariano – The Atlanta Journal-Constitution Georgia’s remains among the top three states in the nation for personal bankruptcy filings, even as the state unemployment rate drops to all-time lows. The state’s overall number of...

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More Georgians have no health insurance

September 17, 2019 by Berneta Haynes 0 0 0
More Georgians have no health insurance

By JoAnn Merrigan – WSAV (Watch Now) SAVANNAH, Ga. (WSAV) – A recent report ranks Georgia as Number 3 on a new list, but healthcare advocates say this is one ranking the Peace State should not be excited about. The report from the U.S Census Bureau...

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Providers flexing their debt collection muscles

July 8, 2019 by Berneta Haynes 0 0 0

By Tara Bannow – Modern Healthcare With uncompensated care growing alongside the prevalence of high-deductible plans, providers are looking for ways to collect on unpaid bills. Piedmont Health is requiring patients who will responsible for their...

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Georgia health care legislation left some gaps in 2019

April 10, 2019 by Berneta Haynes 0 0 0

By Ariel Hart – The Atlanta Journal-Constitution The Legislature did a lot on health care this session. But it left some things undone. Maybe they were overshadowed, legislators said, or maybe they’re just tough issues. Powerful interest groups are...

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Americans Are Going Bankrupt From Getting Sick

March 15, 2019 by Berneta Haynes 0 0 0

In April 2016, Venus Lockett was about to give a speech at an event she volunteered for near her home in Atlanta. She was already stressed. The previous night, she had stayed up late making her presentation, and then deleted it by mistake. As she stepped...

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Medicaid expansion and the fate of Obamacare are at the heart of the heated Georgia gubernatorial race

October 17, 2018 by Berneta Haynes 0 0 0

By Emma Newburger – CNBC A national battle over whether to extend public health insurance to low-income adults is at the center of a tightly contested gubernatorial race in Georgia, where hospitals and drug stores are closing across the...

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