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The abortion bill has passed unanimously and we are now starting the debate on Medicaid expansion.
You can stream the meeting here:
You can stream the meeting here:
Rep. Romero-Martinez -- the sponsor -- says he wanted to "speak from the heart" as a Republican working to expand Medicaid.
"I'm probably the first person elected to the House [who] lives in dire poverty. but I do know how to take a shower and put on a tie."
"I'm probably the first person elected to the House [who] lives in dire poverty. but I do know how to take a shower and put on a tie."
Franz Fuchs, of the Dept. of Health, says our traditional Medicaid program is largely made up of low income kids, typically those at around 356% of the poverty level.
Rest in power Lorie
A year ago we went to @sendavidperdue office to talk healthcare. Lorie told Perdue's aides that she was unable to receive Medicaid (not old enough) & fell in the insurance gap for the ACA & that she worried about what
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A year ago we went to @sendavidperdue office to talk healthcare. Lorie told Perdue's aides that she was unable to receive Medicaid (not old enough) & fell in the insurance gap for the ACA & that she worried about what
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. would happen if she got really sick. We asked the aides what Sen. Perdue was going to do about this. What was his plan? The only statement we could get was "Sen. Perdue doesn't think the ACA is the way to go." Okay, what does he propose? Crickets. 2/3
Lorie passed away early this morning after a short illness that was treatable if she'd had health insurance. The hospital and doctors worked to get her approved for Medicaid but too little, too late. Bob, our sincerest condolences. 3/3
#ExpandMedicaid #ProtectOurCare
#ExpandMedicaid #ProtectOurCare
Email your state lege p2a.co/cQbnhMw! #ExpandMedicaid W/out Medicaid, Ga lost rural hospitals (see thread) & over 600,000 Georgians remain w/out health insurance. Bring home our health care tax dollars Expand Medicaid now. #NoBudgetCutsGA #GACantWait #MedEx 1/11
Speaker Ralston could have expanded Medicaid. Send him an email p2a.co/cQbnhMw and ask him to #ExpandMedicaid #NoBudgetCuts #GaCantWait 2/11
@GreeneforGa could have expanded Medicaid. Two hospitals closed under his watch! Send him an email p2a.co/cQbnhMw and ask him to #ExpandMedicaid #NoBudgetCuts #GaCantWait 3/11
