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GA HR1477
Resolution
Status
Introduced
3/12/2020
Primary Sponsor
Karla Drenner
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AI Summary
- Georgia House Resolution expressing support for the federal Medicare for All Act of 2019 (HR 1384), which would establish publicly accountable national health insurance covering all necessary medical care for every person in the United States
- Cites that 1.4 million Georgians lack health insurance and approximately 240,000 fall into a coverage gap—earning too little for financial help but not qualifying for Medicaid
- Notes Georgia had the highest maternal mortality rate of any state in 2018 (42% increase since 2006) and ranks second to last in access to mental healthcare, with a 35% increase in drug overdose deaths and 25% increase in suicides between 2012 and 2016
- States that $4.8 billion in state healthcare funding in 2019 still left over 20% of Georgians uninsured and millions more underinsured, and that proposed Medicaid waivers would not adequately address the need
- Resolves that the Georgia House of Representatives supports passage of HR 1384, co-sponsored by Georgia Congressmen Hank Johnson and John Lewis along with 118 other members of Congress
Legislative Description
Passage of HR 1384; support
Last Action
House Second Readers
6/15/2020
Full Bill Text
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