Announced in a press release, Georgia’s Attorney General Sam Olens, along with the Federal Trade Commission and agencies from every US state, was granted a permanent injunction to disband two nationally-operated sham cancer societies on March 30, 2016. The now dissolved societies, Cancer Fund of America Inc. (CFA) and Cancer Support Services Inc. (CSS), operated
Councilman Robert Yost of District 6 called for the resignation of every member of the Hospital Authority of Valdosta and Lowndes County at the annual city council planning retreat Friday afternoon, according to a report in the Valdosta Daily Times. The Hospital Authority governs South Georgia Medical Center and is appointed by the city of
House Bill 838, sponsored by Shaw Blackmon, got a do pass recommendation this morning in the Senate Insurance and Labor committee. The vote was 4-2, with Senators Josh McKoon and Burt Jones voting no. The bill provides for a minimum commission percentage for health insurance policies, and was co-sponsored by House Rules Committee Chairman John
In a recent op-ed at the Washington Times, Newt Gingrich strongly cast a negative light upon Georgia House Bill 775. The bill would end access to an innovative technology that allows Georgians to receive a prescription for eyeglasses or contacts from a physician via an online eye exam. The substitute bill passed both the House (155-0) and
State Rep. Allen Peake of Macon has spent the better part of three sessions working to make cannabis oil available to Georgians seeking relief from seizures and other ailments. His latest effort, House Bill 722, is being presented in substitute form at a Judiciary Non-Civil committee hearing today. One of the challenges he has faced
Georgia’s General Assembly has recently been presented with House Bill 1055, a bill that would end the state’s present healthcare regulations, the Certificate of Need program (CON). Andy Miller from Georgia Health News recently wrote extensively about the proposed legislation, available here. The bill intends to do away with CON and replace it with a
Since 2013, five rural medical centers in Georgia have closed, and countless others are struggling to stay afloat financially. From restructuring to cutting services, many hospitals are changing in whatever means necessary to survive. This financial crisis was unintentionally brought on by the Affordable Care Act (ACA) and related legislation that followed it. Before the
State Representative Geoff Duncan (R-GA-26) is sponsoring a proposal to help the struggling hospitals of rural Georgia. House Bill 919, proposed by Duncan, would allow individuals and corporations to get a state tax credit for donating money to rural health care organizations. Duncan met with rural hospital officials at the State Capitol on Thursday to
