Last night, the Athens-Clarke County Mayor & Commission met with our local delegation of state senators and representatives to give our local government’s opinion on important actions for the 2016 legislative session, which starts in January. Pressured by Athens for Everyone, they expressed their unanimous support for several valuable changes […]
Medicaid
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[youtube youtu.be/8YcfHN-Cs-M&w=700&h=500] Every year, the ACC Mayor & Commission come up with a list of legislative concerns to present to our local Georgia Legislators. At the October Mayor & Commission Work Session, Medicaid Expansion was brought up but quickly dismissed and not added to the list. Finally, advocates have convinced […]
In 2010, the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA), colloquially known as ‘Obamacare,’ was signed into law. The purpose of the law is to provide health insurance to many uninsured Americans while lowering the cost of healthcare. However, it has been left to the states whether or not to […]
For Immediate Release Contact: Tim Denson, Athens for Everyone, Board President, 706.372.0681 (cell) athensforeveryone@gmail.com Contact: Tim Franzen, Moral Monday Georgia, 404.414.5521 (cell) TFranzen@afsc.org; MoralMonday@naacpga.org Pro-Medicaid Expansion Rally Planned for Georgia Republican Convention May 13, 2015, ATHENS, GA – On Friday, May 15, at 5 p.m., Athens for Everyone and Moral […]