Laura Colbert

My appeal this #givingTuesday: Advocates make possible what seems impossible--helping individuals win over powerful corporations (like insurers), building dignity & respect into health laws & systems, changing 💗 & 🧠 so that every Georgian is seen as deserving of hlth care...

Another @NonprofitAF blog hits the mark. My short sabbatical experience was consistent with this. It was such a good opportunity for our whole org. I hope the sector & funders take a real look at sabbaticals as a way to sustain & build capacity in orgs. nonprofitaf.com/2022/10/we-m…

A nuanced reads about the Atl Med. Ctr closure & its impacts from @gahealthnews & @KHNews. Its complicated y'all, but the fact that Wellstar hasn't made any concrete, long-term commitments to support the community its abandoning is egregious. gpb.org/news/2022/09/15/impe…

"Health as a public good" ajc.com/opinion/opinion-atla…

500,000 Georgians have been left behind by our state leaders for years and now we are counting on you, @SenSchumer, @SenateDems, & @POTUS. Close the coverage gap in the Inflation Reduction Act. #coverga #South4MedEx #gapol

"We strongly urge @SenateDems & @POTUS to add a provision that closes the Medicaid coverage gap. Failure to act now would be an abandonment of the ACA's promise, leaving the poorest Americans to face an indefinite future without health care.” #South4MedEx bit.ly/south4medex-statement

A very important reminder for health care providers: georgiarecorder.com/brief/st…

We needed to close the coverage gap yesterday. Post-Dobbs, women need health care around our pregnancies & throughout our *entire lives*. @POTUS & @SenateDems, don't leave the poorest Americans behind. Close the coverage gap NOW. #South4MedEx #CoverGA bit.ly/3IxsiN3

Did the damn thing because the *least* we can do is vote every time we're asked to

“We serve as 1 of the cornerstones of the community. We affect people whether it's with their food, water, housing, health, & it all comes back to public health & our service.”--Felicia Pearson-Powell, Macon-Bibb Co. Hlth Dept @NCHD52 #ThisIsPublicHealth youtube.com/watch?v=pcamRj60…

If you're still promoting a repeal of the ACA, you don't want: people with pre-existing conditions to have fair, affordable health insurance; insurers to limit their profits; Georgians to get help paying their premiums; or unbiased, free, local help for ppl with questions.

Thank you, @SpeakerRalston, for being such a champion for mental health & substance use recovery in Georgia. We appreciate your work for #GAparity & your continued efforts to get the GA Mental Health Parity Act to Gov. Kemp's desk. #gapol ajc.com/opinion/opinion-bill…

The 3-yr. anniversary of this gem. #mudthedog, I love you.

Two op-eds in the @MNMSavannah in less than a month on what law makers can take do to get more Georgians covered. Let's be clear: Georgians can't wait. Lawmakers need to act with urgency so uninsured Georgians are no longer left out of our health care system. #gapol #coverGA

👇A clip from today's @ARDTakeAction about how deep our economic inequalities are. A timely reminder as we close 3rd week of GA's leg. session where almost everyone at the Capitol is an econ. outlier--policy makers, lobbyists, even advocates. What a distortion we live in. #gapol