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Cover Georgia Community Update: Mental Health Care Should Be Within Reach

Cover Georgia Blog | October 2026 Coverage opens the door to mental health care. Parity keeps it open. More than 1.2 million Georgians have no health care coverage, one of the highest uninsured rates in the nation. Many are adults with low incomes who fall into Georgia’s health insurance coverage gap. They earn too much to qualify for Medicaid under Georgia’s current eligibility rules but too little to afford a health plan through Georgia Access,

Georgians for a Healthy Future October 22, 2026

Cover Georgia Community Update: September 2026

Cover Georgia Community Update | September 2026 Working Together to Close the Coverage Gap On August 28, Cover Georgia coalition members reconnected in-person to discuss Georgia’s coverage gap, the changing health coverage landscape, and what these challenges mean for Georgians trying to get the care they need. We also explored what is next for the coalition and ways partners can get more involved in this work. From new ways to participate to the next steps

Georgians for a Healthy Future September 24, 2026

Pathways to Coverage: More Funding, No Expansion

Cover Georgia Community Update | August 2026 Georgia’s Department of Community Health plans to ask the federal government to make a major change to Pathways to Coverage. Georgians have until September 14 to weigh in. What’s Happening Georgia’s Department of Community Health (DCH), the state agency that runs Pathways to Coverage, asked the federal government for permission to change how the program is paid for. If its request is not approved, DCH suggested that it

Anthony Hill August 24, 2026

Georgia Men Are Not Avoiding Health Care. They Are Being Locked Out of It.

Guest Post: Men’s Health Month Geovani “Geo” Ayala Executive Director, Serving At-risk Families Everywhere (SAFE) Published June 2026 | Men’s Health Month Every June, Men’s Health Month asks men to take their health seriously. We see the social media posts, the reminders to schedule checkups, and the encouragement to talk openly about our health. It is well-intentioned. But for hundreds of thousands of Georgia men without health insurance, the barrier is not a lack of

Georgians for a Healthy Future June 9, 2026

The Cost of Going Without: Georgia’s Coverage Gap Is a Mental Health Issue

Guest Post: Mental Health Awareness Month Glenda Wrenn Gordon, MD, MSHP Cover Georgia | May 2026 Awareness Is Not the Barrier Every May, Mental Health Awareness Month invites us to talk openly about mental health. But for hundreds of thousands of Georgians without health insurance, awareness is not the barrier. Access is. “Awareness is not the barrier. Access is.” Dr. Glenda Wrenn Gordon In my clinical work, I have cared for patients who waited months,

Georgians for a Healthy Future May 26, 2026

Medicaid Awareness Month: The Georgia We Know Deserves Better

Medicaid Awareness Month 2026 Cover Georgia April 2026 Every April, Medicaid Awareness Month is an opportunity to recognize what Medicaid means to millions of people across the country and right here in Georgia. This year, that recognition comes with urgency. Across Georgia, families are doing their best to make ends meet in the middle of an affordability crisis. Health care costs remain one of the biggest and most unpredictable expenses people face. Luckily, one part

Anthony Hill April 24, 2026

Cover Georgia Community Update |  Women’s History Month: Stories from Georgia’s Coverage Gap

This Month in Health Advocacy Women are the backbone of families, workplaces, and communities across Georgia. They are caregivers, essential workers, students, and small business owners who keep their households and neighborhoods running. But too many women in Georgia are still locked out of the health care they need. This Women’s History Month, Cover Georgia is highlighting the thousands of women stuck in Georgia’s coverage gap, working hard, caring for loved ones, and still unable

Anthony Hill March 19, 2026

Cover Georgia Community Update | February 2026

This Month in Health Advocacy Imagine being turned away from a doctor, not because care wasn’t available, but because you couldn’t afford it. For hundreds of thousands of Georgians, that isn’t a hypothetical. It’s their everyday reality, and it’s why the work of Cover Georgia exists. This month, as we celebrate Black History Month, we are reminded that the fight for health care access has deep roots. From the abolition movement to the Civil Rights

Georgians for a Healthy Future February 27, 2026

Georgia’s Comprehensive Health Coverage Commission meets again, but avoids the hard questions as coverage losses loom

The Comprehensive Health Coverage Commission (CHCC) met on Wednesday, October 22, 2025, for the first time in nearly a year. The commission was created to explore solutions for closing Georgia’s health insurance coverage gap and to recommend ways the state could expand access to affordable care. But despite that mission, there has been little progress in advancing actionable solutions, even as Georgia’s coverage challenges have deepened and the health policy landscape has continued to change.

Georgians for a Healthy Future October 30, 2025

Georgia’s household budget: Why Medicaid expansion is the smart choice in 2026

What happens when a household gets hit with a new bill, but the paycheck stays the same? Families sit down at the kitchen table and make tough choices. They cut back on school clothes, skip car maintenance, or delay doctor visits to make ends meet. The money has to come from somewhere. This is the same challenge Georgia will face when the legislature reconvenes in January. Federal changes under H.R. 1 (2025) will shrink the

Georgians for a Healthy Future October 29, 2025

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