{"id":14562,"date":"2022-08-10T16:18:04","date_gmt":"2022-08-10T20:18:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ossoff.senate.gov\/?post_type=press-releases&p=14562"},"modified":"2022-08-10T16:18:18","modified_gmt":"2022-08-10T20:18:18","slug":"sens-ossoff-warnock-announce-historic-health-care-expansion-for-georgia-families","status":"publish","type":"press-releases","link":"https:\/\/www.ossoff.senate.gov\/es\/press-releases\/sens-ossoff-warnock-announce-historic-health-care-expansion-for-georgia-families\/","title":{"rendered":"Sens. Ossoff & Warnock Announce Historic Health Care Expansion for Georgia Families"},"content":{"rendered":"

Sens. Ossoff and Warnock previously <\/em>urged approval<\/em><\/a> of new GA-AIDE program to expand health care for Georgians<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Washington, D.C. \u2014 <\/strong>U.S. Senators Reverend Raphael Warnock and Jon Ossoff today announced a historic expansion of health care for Georgia families.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Following Sens. Ossoff and Rev. Warnock\u2019s push<\/a>, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) approved the \u201cGA-AIDE\u201d proposal to invest more than $300 million into the Grady Health and Augusta University Health Systems \u2014 enabling them to improve access to quality care for Georgia\u2019s most vulnerable populations. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The new programs will focus on strengthening pediatric and maternal care, preventing and reducing the impact of chronic health conditions, improving access to screening and preventative health care, and addressing systemic health care inequities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cSenator Warnock and I have made addressing health disparities, particularly for minority communities, a top priority and have challenged Georgia\u2019s health care system to meet these challenges head on with innovative ideas,\u201d Sen. Ossoff said. <\/strong>\u201cGA-AIDE takes an important step in rising to that challenge.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI\u2019m glad to see the Administration heeded our call to expand health care access for vulnerable Georgians,\u201d\u00a0said Senator Reverend Warnock.<\/strong>\u00a0\u201cThe federal government\u2019s investment in the Grady Health and Augusta University Health Systems will dramatically improve child and maternal health, make it easier to treat substance abuse, and bolster health care facilities that have worked to weather the pandemic. I\u2019m proud to have fought alongside Senator Ossoff for this important victory for Georgia families.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe are pleased Senators Ossoff and Warnock\u2019s thoughtful leadership to drive innovation within the Medicaid program has paid off with the approval of GA-AIDE,\u201d said John M. Haupert, President & CEO of Grady Health System.<\/strong> \u201cGA-AIDE will allow Grady to enhance how we deliver care to the community we serve by allowing us to further invest in critical areas where Georgia lags far behind, such as access to behavioral health services, cancer screenings, and maternal and child health outcomes. These improvements will help ensure our patients continue receiving the high-level quality of care they deserve.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cPart of our mission as the state\u2019s academic medical center is to provide care for the entire population of Georgia. I am grateful for the support of Senators Ossoff and Warnock and thank them for their outreach to CMS and their support in getting this done,\u201d said Dr. Brooks A. Keel, President of Augusta University and Interim CEO of Augusta University Health Center. <\/strong>\u201cThis program will allow us, as a safety net hospital, to harness innovation that transforms care and improves health equity. This ultimately will better equip us to carry out our mission while improving the quality of care for all Georgians.\u201d\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This is the latest in Sens. Ossoff and Warnock\u2019s continued push<\/a> to expand health care access and improve health outcomes for Georgians across the state, particularly within underserved communities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In January, Sen. Ossoff pushed<\/a> the Department of Health and Human Services to help low-income Americans get to their doctors\u2019 appointments and expand transportation options for recipients.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Last year, Sens. Ossoff and Warnock secured<\/a> $306 million to help support more than 1,500 hospitals, clinics, and doctor\u2019s offices across rural Georgia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Sens. Ossoff and Warnock previously urged approval of new GA-AIDE program to expand health care for Georgians Washington, D.C. \u2014 U.S. Senators Reverend Raphael Warnock and Jon Ossoff today announced a historic expansion of health care for Georgia families. Following Sens. Ossoff and Rev. Warnock\u2019s push, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) approved the \u201cGA-AIDE\u201d proposal to […]<\/p>","protected":false},"author":57,"featured_media":0,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-14562","press-releases","type-press-releases","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ossoff.senate.gov\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/press_releases\/14562","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ossoff.senate.gov\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/press_releases"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ossoff.senate.gov\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/press-releases"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ossoff.senate.gov\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/57"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.ossoff.senate.gov\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/press_releases\/14562\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14566,"href":"https:\/\/www.ossoff.senate.gov\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/press_releases\/14562\/revisions\/14566"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ossoff.senate.gov\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14562"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ossoff.senate.gov\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14562"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ossoff.senate.gov\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14562"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}