Georgia Health Care Agenda: Will Longtime Disputes Be Resolved?

Georgia has the third-lowest state cigarette tax rate out of the 50 states and the District of Columbia. Some state lawmakers support increasing the tax on a pack of cigarettes. Others oppose that. The state cigarette tax is just one of the health-related issues likely to surface during the upcoming session of the Georgia General Assembly.

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Despite a new lineup of legislators – as well as a new governor and lieutenant governor — many health care issues in the upcoming session of the Georgia General Assembly will have a familiar look. They are largely the same ones that have percolated under the Gold Dome in past years.

Health care regulations. Surprise medical billing. Rural health care. Medical marijuana.

Yet something new just got created that may serve as a vehicle for legislation to shake up Georgia health care.