A report by the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities (CBPP) says Georgia’s new market-based, consumer-oriented healthcare legislation - signed into law by Gov. Sonny Perdue in May - will not decrease the number of medically uninsured. The CBPP, an organization focused on fiscal policy and public programs that affect low- and moderate-income families and individuals, concludes that the legislation will benefit only those already with coverage.
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