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Biden’s budget proposes ‘Medicaid-like’ programs in Georgia

WEBWhile Georgia lawmakers continue to reject Medicaid expansion in the state, Biden-Harris administration officials on Thursday touted record enrollment in health care …

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Georgia's rural health care is in crisis. Can lawmakers fix it

WEBRural Georgians are getting older, have few medical care options and spotty health care coverage. Those problems prompted the late House Speaker David Ralston …

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Lawmakers eye Medicaid expansion and more mental health services

WEBExpansion of the joint federal and state health program could provide health insurance coverage to an additional 450,000 people in the state whose income is …

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Living behind the eight ball: Rural Georgians fight long health care

WEBLiving behind the eight ball: Rural Georgians fight long health care odds. Editor's note: This is the first in a series of stories looking at the lack of health care in …

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New Georgia 2024 laws include consumer protections, tax cuts

WEBNew consumer protections laws and more tax cuts on the way in 2024. By Tammy Joyner. Dec 28, 2023. Georgia consumers have greater protections coming their …

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Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp signs bevy of bills

WEBKemp signs bevy of bills, many related to health care. By Tammy Joyner & Issac Morgan. May 03, 2023. Gov. Brian Kemp on Tuesday signed into law nearly three …

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Georgia lawmakers, hospitals look for cure to growing nurse …

WEBLawmakers, hospitals hustle to find cure for growing nurse shortage. By Tammy Joyner. May 10, 2023. Becoming a nurse amounted to baptism by fire for …

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Hoosiers are paying more for hospital care. Here’s how lawmakers …

WEBUpdate, May 16, 2023: Gov. Eric Holcomb has signed three Republican priority bills aimed at reducing health care costs. Read about the final versions of the bills here. The Gist …

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Mental health advocates push for additional resources and …

WEBATLANTA — The Carter Center organized a Mental Health Parity Day at the state Capitol on Thursday, attracting agency heads, advocates and lawmakers to …

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Family and Social Services proposes ending caregiver payments to …

WEB“Overall, attendant care expenditures on the A&D waiver have grown from approximately $30 million per month in April 2022 to approximately $120 million in …

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Kevin Tanner talks improving mental health access in Georgia

WEBKevin Tanner took over as commissioner of the Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Disabilities (DBHDD) last month, with a challenging mandate …

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What’s next for mental health in Georgia after key bill’s passage

WEBLawmakers are also poised to budget between $3.2 million and $2.2 million for court-ordered involuntary treatment programs – less than the roughly $9.2 million to …

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IU plans 2 new research institutes at IU Indianapolis

WEBOct 30, 2023. Indiana University plans to spend more than $250 million to create two research institutes at IU Indianapolis focused on biosciences and biotechnology, IU …

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Indiana is on the cusp of mental health reform. But what about …

WEBInvestigative. Indiana is on the cusp of mental health reform. But what about paying for it? Rev. Rick Spleth, regional minister of Christian Church (Disciples of …

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‘Our system was literally broken’: How Indiana lawmakers hope to …

WEBThe Gist State Rep. Greg Steuerwald, R-Avon, has garnered bipartisan, widespread support for a bill that aims to ensure Hoosiers receive mental health …

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2024 Indiana legislative session: Sen. Ed Charbonneau shares what …

WEBThe upcoming 2024 legislative session certainly won’t be that. State Affairs spoke with Sen. Ed Charbonneau, chair of the Senate Committee on Health and …

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Jay Chaudhary optimistic about Indiana's changing approaches to …

WEBWhen Jay Chaudhary became director of Indiana’s Division of Mental Health and Addiction in 2019, he was told to give himself six months to learn everything. Six …

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Indiana mental health funding comes up short in final state budget

WEBSen. Michael Crider spent months advocating for a boost of at least $100 million per year to transform Indiana’s struggling mental health system. The Greenfield …

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Public Service Executive Jobs in Kansas

WEBThe Kansas Department of Health and Environment has a Public Service Executive (Job ID: K0228290) opening in Topeka. The Kansas Department of Health …

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