Georgia Health Insurance:
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Momentum in Congress is growing for a new health care reform bill that will change how Georgia health insurance is purchased. Private health insurance carriers are pushing for a mandate that would have everyone that is going without health insurance to get coverage.
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Twenty percent of Georgia residents younger than age 65 in 2007 did not have health insurance, nearly the same rate as in 2006, but the number of uninsured residents is expected to increase in 2008 and 2009 because of the economic recession.
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GeorgiaCares is educating and counseling Medicare beneficiaries on an array of preventive services offered by Medicare at no cost or at minimal out of pocket costs.
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Georgia Cares program is reminding Medicare beneficiaries to talk to their healthcare providers about getting vaccinated to prevent getting the flu and the pneumococcal disease, which is the cause of the most common form of pneumonia.
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The GeorgiaCares State Health Insurance Assistance Program is helping Medicare recipients make informed decisions about which prescription drug and Advantage plan options are best for them.
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The Georgia Department of Community Health plans to expand a quality assessment fee to about a dozen additional HMOs in the state to help fund the state's Medicaid and PeachCare programs.
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GeorgiaCares program is informing Medicare beneficiaries of the new guidelines imposed by CMS.
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The Georgia Department of Community Health board approved a plan to charge commercial HMOs the same fee as managed care companies that operate the state's Medicaid program in an effort to make up for a 5% reduction in program funding.
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Georgia's landmark consumer-directed health care reform law has come under fire in a study conducted by the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities (CBPP), a liberal activist group that claims the reform will help only Georgians who already have health insurance coverage.
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GeorgiaCares State Health Insurance Assistance Program received a supplemental grant of more than $379,800 from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services that must be used between June 1, 2008 and March 31, 2009. SHIP is a grantee program of CMS that is available to every state.
