Senate to meet on barriers to health care in Georgia

On Monday the Georgia Senate plans to hold its first study committee meeting on barriers to health care access in the state.

A star addition to the panel is Dr. Karen Kinsell, who runs a clinic in Clay County. Her clinic serves as the only real health care many residents there ever see.

She has often been interviewed by media over the years, but nothing hit home like a first-person narrative published online this summer by the national magazine The New Yorker. In it, she detailed the reality of uninsured patients in rural Georgia — and her reality as essentially a volunteer.

The committee will be chaired by Sen. Renee Unterman, a Republican of Buford, and includes some state health officials and practitioners. Its first meeting is to be held at 10:00AM at the Capitol in Atlanta and to overview nursing and provider shortages.

About the Author

Judge: Fulton must appoint Republicans to the election board

A judge ordered the Fulton County Board of Commissioners must comply with his earlier ruling and appoint two Fulton GOP nominees to the county election board.

Vaccine-limiting legislation has for years passed through Georgia Legislature

Lawmakers in the Georgia General Assembly have passed several bills since 2020 that frame vaccines with caution.

Insurance commissioner issues $20M in fines over mental health coverage

Health Insurance Commissioner John King's office found more than 6,000 violations among the insurers in the market.

The Latest

Credit: Miguel Martinez

Vaccine-limiting legislation has for years passed through Georgia Legislature

Judge: Fulton must appoint Republicans to the election board

Insurance commissioner issues $20M in fines over mental health coverage

Featured

Credit: Philip Robibero

Her hair was perfectly straight. Her body paid the price.

Georgia women are among the hundreds of plaintiffs who allege cancer or fibroids from hair relaxers. Beauty brands deny their products are toxic.

AJC HER+STORY

Why women-owned small businesses are booming in Atlanta

Atlanta and the state as a whole both ranked No. 2 for density of women-owned small businesses. In fact, all of the top five cities are in the Southeast, LegalZoom found.

5 things we learned from Falcons’ loss to Titans

Nathan Carter, Natrone Brooks anbd Easton Stick may have sealed roster spots; passing ganme coordinator Y.J. Yates calls offensive plays; and penalties plague offensive line.