With suicide rates increasing in the United States, communities must use every tool available to identify those at risk so they can be connected to the care they need. Earlier this year, Georgia Public Broadcasting (GPB) worked directly with the state’s health care providers to help increase suicide risk screening among pregnant and postpartum people, …
Georgia state employees and their families who are insured under the Georgia State Health Benefits Plan can access transgender health care after the state agreed to a $365,000 legal settlement with three employees. “When I was able to receive the medical treatment I needed, I finally felt whole. I feel like this is the person …
ATLANTA– The state of Georgia will begin funding gender-affirming health care for state employees, public school teachers and former employees covered by a state health insurance plan, addressing another series of lawsuits against Georgia agencies aimed at forcing them to pay for the genre. confirmatory surgery and other procedures. The plaintiffs moved to dismiss their …