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Expanding the joint state-federal health insurance program to Georgians with incomes up to 138% of the federal poverty level would add about 452,600 uninsured adults to the Medicaid rolls, according to the report.
Those newly enrolled would include the cashiers, cooks, maids, waiters and construction workers who have been forced to go to work every day during the pandemic while those in other professions have been able to work from home.
This is a column by Kyle Wingfield, president and CEO of the Georgia Public Policy Foundation, a Libertarian-leaning policy think tank based in Atlanta.
College students in Georgia got good news this past week, as the Board of Regents froze tuition and fees at the state’s public colleges and universities for the second year in a row. The news also helps explain why a popular national narrative about college costs and student debt is so wrong-headed.
The regents’ decision means in-state tuition and fees for a semester at the state’s most expensive public college, Georgia Tech, will remain $6,426. That’s just under $13,000 for a traditional, two-semester academic year, or about $51,000 for four years. Room, board, textbooks and other expenses are not included.
This is a column by Kyle Wingfield, president and CEO of the Georgia Public Policy Foundation, a Libertarian-leaning policy think tank based in Atlanta.
An interesting subplot in any legislative session involves the newcomers. Despite popular perception, “career politicians” aren’t very prevalent in the General Assembly: It’s a low-paying job with long hours and, increasingly, year-round demands. After a few terms, most members either seek higher office or return to private life.
So there are many new legislators at the start of any new term – almost 40 this year, or one in six members. This is the story of one of them.
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