Health Agencies Air Their Budget Concerns by Andy Miller. Georgia Health News. January 24, 2013.
Three major Georgia health care agencies received cuts under Governor Nathan Deal's budget proposal. These agencies are the Department of Community Health, the Department of Public Health, and the Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Disabilities.
Concerns cited by the article include a possible underfunding of Medicaid due to more children brought into the program by the Affordable Care Act, the ability of the state to address the hypertension problem in Georgia, and the need for screenings, assessments, an treatment of mental illness.
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