Beth Camp

Lawmakers in Georgia are investigating the rising cost of child welfare services, noting that foster care costs were projected to increase 159% since 2022. This investigation follows budget cuts made by the Georgia Division of Family and Children Services due to an estimated $85 million deficit. Advocacy concerns also center on private companies allegedly delaying or denying medically necessary mental healthcare benefits covered under Medicaid.

Several states, including Georgia, Maryland, Tennessee, and Virginia, have enacted laws to expand or protect access to contraception. These measures include allowing pharmacists to prescribe birth control, requiring health plans to cover contraception, and establishing legal rights to contraception access.

Multiple states, including Republican-led ones like Georgia and Tennessee, and Democratic-led states like Maryland and Virginia, have enacted laws to expand or protect access to contraception. Examples include allowing pharmacists to prescribe birth control, mandating insurance coverage for contraception, and requiring educational institutions to report on contraception access.

Several states, including Republican-led Georgia and Tennessee, and Democratic-led Maryland and Virginia, have passed laws to expand or protect access to contraception. Measures include allowing pharmacists to prescribe birth control without a doctor’s signature, requiring health plans to cover contraceptives, and establishing legal rights to contraception.

Several states, including Georgia, Maryland, Tennessee, and Virginia, have enacted laws to expand or protect access to contraception. Republican and Democratic governors signed measures allowing pharmacists to prescribe birth control, requiring health insurance coverage for contraceptives, and establishing legal rights to contraception access.

Several states, including Republican-led Georgia, Tennessee, and Virginia, have passed laws to expand or protect access to contraception. These measures include allowing pharmacists to prescribe birth control, requiring health insurance coverage for contraceptives, and establishing legal rights to contraception.

Several U.S. states, including Republican-led Georgia and Tennessee, as well as Democratic-led Maryland and Virginia, have enacted laws to expand or protect access to contraception. Measures include allowing pharmacists to prescribe birth control, mandating insurance coverage, and requiring educational institutions to report on contraception access.