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Report: Georgia Gets ‘D’ On Handling Mental Health, Addiction Like Other Medical Issues

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Report: Georgia Gets ‘D’ On Handling Mental Health, Addiction Like Other Medical Issues

Report: Georgia Falls Short On Housing People With Mental Illnesses

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Report: Georgia Falls Short On Housing People With Mental Illnesses

A New Kind Of Harmony In Atlanta: A Boy, A Cello And A Prosthesis

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A New Kind Of Harmony In Atlanta: A Boy, A Cello And A Prosthesis

The certificate-of-need process governs the construction and expansion of health care facilities and services. Disputes over CON decisions often spill over into sessions of the Georgia General Assembly, with dissatisfied parties seeking legislative remedies. State lawmakers have expressed weariness about having to deal with the issue.

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Georgia’s CON Laws: They Spark Constant Fights, But Will They Be Changed?

Andy Miller, Georgia Health News • Sep 20, 2018

Almost one in three residents in Georgia is obese. The overall 31.6 percent rate for 2017 in Georgia is slightly higher than the 30.5 percentage in 2014. It’s a rate that has climbed steadily, both here and nationally.

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Georgia’s Obesity Rate Not The Worst, But Not Good

Andy Miller, Georgia Health News • Sep 19, 2018

In Atlanta, Buckhead and Bankhead are only a few miles apart, but the difference in life expectancy in the two neighborhoods is almost 25 years, said Dr. Harry Heiman, a health policy expert at Georgia State University. Such startling variations commonly appear in new data that break down life expectancy at birth for most of the census tracts in the United States, for the period from 2010 to 2015.

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Where People Live Longer — And Where They Don’t

Andy Miller, Georgia Health News • Sep 17, 2018

Georgia was one of 14 states that saw a rise in its uninsured rate last year. The uninsured rate fell in three states — California, New York and Louisiana.

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Georgia’s Uninsured Rate Up By A Fraction, Report Says

Andy Miller, Georgia Health News • Sep 14, 2018

On Tuesday, people drive over a drawbridge in Wrightsville Beach, North Carolina, as they evacuate the area in advance of Hurricane Florence. In Georgia, hospitals, nursing homes and assisted living facilities are receiving patients who are being evacuating from the Carolinas as the hurricane heads toward the Southeastern coast, state officials said.

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Ahead Of Hurricane, Some Carolina Patients Evacuated To Ga. Health Facilities

Andy Miller, Georgia Health News • Sep 12, 2018

Democratic gubernatorial candidate Stacey Abrams held a health care policy press conference outside of Grady Memorial Hospital. She calls Medicaid expansion "fundamental" to fixing many of Georgia's health care issues. Her opponent, Republican Brian Kemp, does not support Medicaid expansion, but favors opening up the private sector market to more competition to lower health care costs.

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Medicaid Expansion And The Georgia Governor’s Race

Emma Hurt • Sep 12, 2018