By Kathryn Lawler, executive director, Atlanta Regional Collaborative for Health Improvement (ARCHI) Eating right, exercising, maintaining social connections, avoiding smoking and illegal substances and practicing safer sex. We have all heard this advice before. But for many Atlantans this advice rings hollow. Many in our community don’t have the option to choose healthy food. There […]
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Could Medicaid Expansion Be a Boost to Rural Georgia’s Ailing Economy?
By Carolyn Bourdeaux and Peter Bluestone With the election of Donald Trump as president, the plight of rural America has taken on increased prominence. A September 2016 report by the Center for State and Local Finance estimated that as of 2014 rural areas in Georgia had 58,000 fewer jobs than they had in 2007 (around […]
