The affordability crisis continues as Trump ends Medicare drug subsidies that helped alleviate costs for millions of seniors The Trump administration announced last week that it is ending a key Medicare subsidy that makes prescription drugs affordable for seniors, in a move that administration officials themselves admit will “likely result in higher prescription costs and […]
...WABE: “Commonly imported goods like notebooks and index cards are up over 20%, as well as lunch boxes – most likely filled with snacks that also cost more than the previous school year.” Georgia students are returning to school this week, and parents across our state are feeling the pinch of higher prices as a […]
...Joe Lawrence: “Mike Collins has proven that he doesn’t… seem to care about the rural hospitals.” New reporting from WDUN highlights a group of health care advocates and nurses who held a press conference to address GOP U.S. Senate nominee Mike Collins’ vote to pass massive Medicaid cuts that “solidified” St. Mary’s Sacred Heart Hospital’s […]
...Jackson Staffer to Reporter: ‘That Wasn’t the Agreed-on Question’ Rick Jackson has dodged questions from the very start of his campaign – and Coastal Georgians saw this firsthand on his bus tour through the region this week. As reported by The Current, Jackson literally ran away from reporters when asked what he sees as the […]
...ANF: “Georgia is facing up to $8 billion in federal funding cuts to Medicaid…” On the anniversary of Medicaid and Medicare becoming law, the Democratic Party of Georgia released a new video titled “$8 Billion”, slamming GOP U.S. Senate nominee Mike Collins’ vote to pass Donald Trump’s budget law. The unpopular legislation includes over $1 trillion in cuts to […]
...Today, Georgia health care advocates and workers held a press conference to address GOP U.S. Senate nominee Mike Collins’ vote to pass massive Medicaid cuts that “solidified” St. Mary’s Sacred Heart Hospital’s decision to shutter its labor and delivery unit last fall—which sits in Collins’ district. Last summer, Mike Collins voted to pass Donald Trump’s […]
...In a newly released video, GOP U.S. Senate nominee Mike Collins is caught physically dodging questions outside of an event after recent CNN reporting exposed Collins’ “close ties” to white nationalism and a neo-Nazi propagandist. Collins’ “close ties” to neo-Nazi propagandist David Alan Scheer include being “featured in campaign photos, registered to vote at a […]
...Jackson, a healthcare billionaire, has zero plan to improve health care– except to keep getting rich off the status quo that is failing Georgians. Today, Georgia Democrats held a press conference outside the now-shuttered Atlanta Medical Center South in East Point to highlight Georgia’s ongoing healthcare crisis and how GOP gubernatorial nominee Rick Jackson has […]
...With this weekend marking 100 days until Election Day, Georgia Democrats are continuing to build strength and momentum behind the best coordinated campaign the state has ever seen, organizing across the state while Georgia Republicans are mired in scandal and division. DPG Chair Charlie Bailey issued the following statement: “Georgia Democrats know that winning on […]
...New reporting from the Atlanta Journal-Constitution this morning highlights Georgia Democrats’ growing momentum 100 days out from Election Day. As Georgia Republican candidates continue to be mired in scandal and division, Georgia Democrats are building an unprecedented campaign that can win up and down the ballot. Atlanta Journal-Constitution: Georgia Democrats unveil largest coordinated campaign effort […]
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