{"id":167023,"date":"2024-01-29T13:00:27","date_gmt":"2024-01-29T18:00:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thegeorgiasun.com\/?p=167023"},"modified":"2025-01-15T15:20:21","modified_gmt":"2025-01-15T20:20:21","slug":"poor-health-georgia-named-worst-state-for-healthcare","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thegeorgiasun.com\/?p=167023","title":{"rendered":"Poor Health: Georgia Named Worst State for Healthcare"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>\ud83d\ude91 <strong>The Gist:<\/strong> Georgia faces critical healthcare challenges, ranking as the worst state for healthcare in a comprehensive <a href=\"https:\/\/www.forbes.com\/advisor\/health-insurance\/best-worst-states-for-healthcare\/\">Forbes assessment<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\ud83d\udcca <strong>The Details:<\/strong> The Forbes report highlights multiple areas of concern for Georgia&#8217;s healthcare system. Key issues include the high cost of healthcare, a significant percentage of residents avoiding doctor visits due to costs, a lack of health insurance coverage, and concerning rates of kidney disease and stroke mortality. These factors collectively contributed to Georgia&#8217;s bottom ranking in the study.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\ud83d\udd22 <strong>By The Numbers:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Second highest rate of residents not seeing a doctor due to cost (15.50%).<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Third highest percentage of uninsured residents (12.63%).<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>High kidney disease and stroke mortality rates.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>\ud83c\udf0d <strong>In Context:<\/strong> Georgia&#8217;s healthcare struggles are part of a broader trend observed in southern states, which dominated the list of worst states for healthcare.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\ud83d\udd0d <strong>Why It Matters:<\/strong> This ranking underscores the urgent need for healthcare reforms in Georgia, impacting the well-being and financial stability of its residents.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\ud83d\ude80 <strong>What&#8217;s Next?:<\/strong> Addressing these healthcare challenges will require concerted efforts from state policymakers, healthcare providers, and community leaders.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u2709\ufe0f <strong>Waiting:<\/strong> We have reached out to Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp&#8217;s office for a response to the Forbes report.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\ud83d\ude91 The Gist: Georgia faces critical healthcare challenges, ranking as the worst state for healthcare in a comprehensive Forbes assessment. \ud83d\udcca The Details: The Forbes report highlights multiple areas of concern for Georgia&#8217;s healthcare system. Key issues include the high cost of healthcare, a significant percentage of residents avoiding doctor visits due to costs, a [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"newspack_featured_image_position":"","newspack_post_subtitle":"","newspack_article_summary_title":"Overview:","newspack_article_summary":"","newspack_hide_updated_date":false,"newspack_show_updated_date":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[11786],"tags":[9750,14896],"class_list":["post-167023","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-health","tag-healthcare","tag-problems","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thegeorgiasun.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/167023","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thegeorgiasun.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thegeorgiasun.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thegeorgiasun.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thegeorgiasun.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=167023"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/thegeorgiasun.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/167023\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thegeorgiasun.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=167023"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thegeorgiasun.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=167023"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thegeorgiasun.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=167023"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}