Who We Are:
GCSHP has a thirteen-year history in our state of working through research, education, advocacy and action to end the disparities in our health care system. Over the years, GCSHP has partnered with grass roots community leaders, health policy reformers, healthcare professionals, students and rural healthcare workers to improve access for those at risk of being uninsured and under insured. GCSHP's mission is to work for a heatlh care system in which all people have a right to quality, comprehensive health care. Recently we were awarded a grant to evaluate health care financing reform alternatives that have previously not been considered in sufficient detail in Georgia.
GCSHP Board Members
What We Do:
For the last 13 years, Georgians for a Common Sense Health Plan (GCSHP) has been working through research, education and advocacy to develop a health plan that would provide all Georgians with affordable, accessible, high-quality health care.
The following key principles have guided Common Sense's efforts in affecting the debate on heatlhcare reform:
- All Georgians should have quality coverage regardless of health status, employment status, age, gender, income, geography, or any other characteristic.
- Coverage should not be connected to a particular job.
- Coverage should include all necessary services including primary and preventive care, hospital care, physical and other practitioner services, diagnostic testing and services, prescription drugs, mental health and addictive disease treatment, dental and long-term care.
- Financial barriers such as deductibles, co-payments and other cost sharing, should be eliminated to ensure people do not delay needed care.
- Consumers have free choice of health care providers.
- Coverage should be affordable and predictable.
- Sensible, fair financing should replace public spending, insurance premiums and out-of-pocket payments now paid by consumers.
- Coverage should include effective cost controls to end wasteful administrative costs and unnecessary paperwork.
- Risk and cost should be spread across the whole population so that individual health spending is predictable.
The group's work has led to the development of SecureCare, a comprehensive health financing scheme that would save Georgians millions while delivering high-quality care.
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