Incredible turnout at our Medicaid Expansion hearing, with remarkable expert speakers and a huge line for public testimony out the door. In coming days we’ll share the testimony we received from administrators, business leaders, clinicians and patients across GA. Stay tuned!
Full invited speakers list: Karen Kinsell MD/MPH (Internal medicine, "The Only Doctor" vimeo.com/338135749) Leah Chan (Director of Health Justice, @GaBudget) Fonda Mitchell MD (Physician Program Director for Government and Medical Society Relations for The Southeast Permanente Medical Group) George Buggs Jr. MD (former chief of neonatology at Grady Memorial Hospital, former neonatal director of the Emory Regional Perinatal Center) Yolanda Pickstock (@GA_STANDUP) Dr. Harry Heiman MD/MPH (Family physician, Clinical Professor of Public Health, Board member of Georgians for a Healthy Future) Glenda Battle RN (volunteer at the Good Samaritan Free Clinic in Albany, retired Decatur County Commissioner) Liz Ernst (@ProtectCareGA) Rachel Shanklin (Georgia Director and National Women's Entrepreneurship Director at Small Business Majority) Greg Lang Ph.D. (Chief Financial Officer at Good Samaritan Health Centers of Gwinnett) Anna Adams (Georgia Hospital Association) Scott Raynes (President & CEO at Southeast Georgia Health System) Rep Robert Reives II (Minority Leader, North Carolina House of Representatives)