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Lisa Campbell

@lisaforgeorgia.bsky.social
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GA State House Representative District 35. Feminist. Collector. Kyther. Cook. Gardener. Brand, Digital, & Organizational Strategist. Reader. Writer. Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Champion. Co-host Politics & Poetry.

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Lisa Campbell @lisaforgeorgia.bsky.social · 24/05/2026
State disability support, Medicaid spending hit the most by Kemp vetoes. Casualties include a variety of programs designed to consistently provide access for healthcare, mental health care. thecurrentga.org/2026/05/23/s...
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State disability support, Medicaid spending hit the most by Kemp vetoes - The Current
Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp's final budget signing ceremony resulted in major cuts to state spending, including $80 million to primary healthcare agencies, $15.2 million to family and child welfare, and $...
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Lisa Campbell @lisaforgeorgia.bsky.social · 23/01/2026
Cobb legislators file bill to prevent school districts from cutting public comment feed. Proud to co-sponsor HB989 cobbcountycourier.com/2026/01/cobb...
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Cobb legislators file bill to prevent school districts from cutting public comment feed
Six Cobb legislators have filed House Bill 989, a bipartisan bill that would require Georgia school districts to broadcast public comments
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Lisa Campbell @lisaforgeorgia.bsky.social · 22/01/2026
We all know health insurance rates are skyrocketing. What barriers are impeding the Commissioner from protecting consumers? Our law stipulates the Commissioner of Insurance is to approve/disapprove insurance rates, and requires rates to not be excessive.
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Lisa Campbell @lisaforgeorgia.bsky.social · 20/01/2026
Georgia governor, legislature signal health care isn't priority as federal aid losses mount thecurrentga.org/2026/01/17/g...
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Georgia governor, legislature signal health care isn't priority as federal aid losses mount - The Current
Georgia's health care economy is facing a crisis due to federal funding cuts, which could result in lower revenue for providers and reduced health coverage for Georgians, while state Democrats are mak...
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Lisa Campbell @lisaforgeorgia.bsky.social · 03/11/2025
We are taking action to protect women and families from preventable gun violence by working to prevent known domestic abusers from gaining access to weapons by co-sponsoring Red Flag Protection legislation with Rep Shea Roberts: HB453 Georgia Red Flag Protective Order Act: bit.ly/HB453RedFlag...
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Lisa Campbell @lisaforgeorgia.bsky.social · 31/10/2025
I'm attending Democratic Party of Georgia's event, “GOTV Canvass Launch with Chair Bailey and Sam Foster” - sign up now to join me! www.mobilize.us/mobilize/eve...
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GOTV Canvass Launch with Chair Bailey and Sam Foster · Mobilize
Georgia, we’re so close! This November, we can flip two Public Service Commission seats and elect Democrat Sam Foster — and we need your help to make it happen. Come knock doors with us and make sure ...
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Anne Lutz Fernandez @lutzfernandez.bsky.social · 22/10/2025
A nation awash in guns, where police killings are too common and masked officers roam streets kidnapping people, where sexual assault, lying, theft, and corruption is freely committed by political leaders and violence against police pardoned by them...is surprised by more misbehavior in schools.
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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 22/10/2025
The world is not moving quickly enough to achieve global goals to reduce methane emissions by the end of the decade, a UN report found.
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World Falling Short on Methane Pledge, U.N. Report Finds
Several agency programs are trying to track and reduce methane emissions around the world. To meet global targets, use of them needs to speed up.
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Lisa Campbell @lisaforgeorgia.bsky.social · 22/10/2025
GOP’s punitive politics harm GA: “More than $24 billion…projects in the electric vehicle, battery and renewable energy sectors have fallen apart…[in GA] three projects canceled this year, totaling more than $2.9 billion in promised investment and 1,077 anticipated jobs.” www.ajc.com/business/202...
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Georgia has lost $2.9B in clean energy projects amid fed pullback, report says
More than $24 billion worth of projects across the country in the electric vehicle, battery and renewable energy sectors have fallen apart this year, a report found.
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Lisa Campbell @lisaforgeorgia.bsky.social · 18/10/2025
“[For] a 60-year-old couple in Fulton Co making $85k…2026 silver [GA Access|ACA] health insurance plan premiums to choose from range between $2,600 & $4,800 per month [$31k to $58k annually!!!]…That lowest-premium silver plan offered a deductible of $10,000.” Insane. www.ajc.com/news/2025/10...
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Massive ACA price hikes revealed as Georgia Access window shopping opens early
Some premium prices are more than tripling as ACA pandemic-era subsidies expire nationwide. The issue prompted the congressional shutdown.
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Lisa Campbell @lisaforgeorgia.bsky.social · 17/10/2025
Pro America. No Kings. 🇺🇸 Join me, Cobb Indivisible, and other Cobb County neighbors tomorrow from 2-4, for a peaceful rally, corner of Johnson Ferry & Roswell Road. Use your voice. Speak truth. Protect democracy. Share our love for America and one another. www.mobilize.us/nokings/even...
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Lisa Campbell @lisaforgeorgia.bsky.social · 09/10/2025
Along with my GA House Democrats , we’re planning to introduce legislation that would codify access to vaccines in GA. While the prescription requirement for the COVID-19 vaccine is no longer in place, more work is needed to expand access to healthcare. www.thecentersquare.com/georgia/arti...
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Georgia lawmakers eyeing bill to guarantee access to vaccines
(The Center Square) – Four Georgia House Democrats said they plan to introduce legislation that would codify access to vaccines in Georgia.
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Lisa Campbell @lisaforgeorgia.bsky.social · 07/10/2025
“No one — regardless of their immigration status — should be subjected to abusive, unsafe, dangerous and even deadly conditions while in state custody.” Caroline Stover www.ajc.com/opinion/2025...
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Under Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp’s watch, detainees are being treated inhumanely
Private prison companies have donated to Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp and other Republicans. Meanwhile, conditions for inmates are poor, as demonstrated with ICE detentions.
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Lisa Campbell @lisaforgeorgia.bsky.social · 03/10/2025
Continuing to sugarcoat our problems will lead to an escalating crisis. Let’s take the wise approach. Let’s move to expand Medicaid and invest in community health. www.mdjonline.com/opinion/lisa...
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LISA CAMPBELL: In reply to Chairwoman Sharon Cooper’s “Georgia’s Smarter Path to Solving the Uninsured Problem”
How has Georgia’s uninsured problem been “solved” when it’s getting worse?
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Lisa Campbell @lisaforgeorgia.bsky.social · 26/09/2025
“We will not accept the targeting of dissenting voices, especially from elected officials and administrators whose job it is to represent all constituents, not just those they agree with,” the representatives said. www.mdjonline.com/opinion/arou...
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AROUND TOWN: Cobb School District responds to Dem criticism
Earlier this week, the Cobb County Democratic Committee, chaired by Essence Johnson, blasted Cobb Superintendent Chris Ragsdale, and accused the school district of letting “the behavior of online radi...
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Lisa Campbell @lisaforgeorgia.bsky.social · 23/09/2025
Pay attention to connected dots and follow the money… “The company (CVS) provides pharmacy services to long-term care facilities. www.beckershospitalreview.com/pharmacy/cvs...
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CVS subsidiary files for bankruptcy
CVS subsidiary Omnicare has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Northern District of Texas.  The filing comes after a…
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Lisa Campbell @lisaforgeorgia.bsky.social · 23/09/2025
“Trump eliminated White House Gender Policy Council & Office of Global Women’s Issues at the State Dept, cut at least $3 billion in grants for programs that help women & girls & purged references to many women’s human rights abuses in the annual Human Rights Reports” www.nytimes.com/2025/09/22/u...
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Hillary Clinton Sees a Dangerous Moment for Women’s Rights, and Democracy
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Lisa Campbell @lisaforgeorgia.bsky.social · 22/09/2025
What a wonderful experience today in community with KSU as they kicked off their Georgia Political Speakers Series. Huge thank you to every student and faculty member who joined us today.
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Lisa Campbell @lisaforgeorgia.bsky.social · 16/09/2025
I reached out to GA’s Office of the Commissioner of Insurance & Fire Safety, requesting a list of the health insurance carriers who have requested & received approvals for rate increases greater than 10% (policy name, amount of rate increase approved, & # of projected Georgians who’ll be impacted).
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Lisa Campbell @lisaforgeorgia.bsky.social · 15/09/2025
On Friday, four Democrats — GA state Reps. David Wilkerson, Marvin Lim, Karen Lupton and Lisa Campbell — wrote a letter to Kemp asking him to issue an executive order allowing Georgians access to the vaccine without prescriptions or qualifications. www.ajc.com/politics/202...
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Brian Kemp faces pressure over upcoming COVID-19 vaccine guidelines
A federal advisory panel meets this week to set vaccine guidelines. Georgia public health experts and some Democrats worry they could be out of line.
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Lisa Campbell @lisaforgeorgia.bsky.social · 10/09/2025
Listen to discussion about Gov Kemp’s deployment of armed troops to U.S. cities: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/p...
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Politically Georgia
Politics Podcast · Updated Semiweekly · Get real, fact-based news on the new Politically Georgia podcast from The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. The podcast is hosted by Georgia’s best political team w...
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Lisa Campbell @lisaforgeorgia.bsky.social · 10/09/2025
“Sending Georgia’s National Guard troops to Washington D.C. demonstrates blind loyalty to a leader who is effectively turning America towards autocracy...[it] is profoundly un-American." www.mdjonline.com/opinion/arou...
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AROUND TOWN: Cobb Elections Board adds new members following political division
Two new members were sworn in to serve on the Cobb County Board of Elections Monday, after their appointments caused a heated dispute along partisan lines.
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Lisa Campbell @lisaforgeorgia.bsky.social · 10/09/2025
@hcrichardson.bsky.social @JonDuffy: “A republic that allows its leaders to kill without law, to wage war without strategy, & to deploy troops without limit is a republic in deep peril...To stand silent as the military is misused is not restraint. It is betrayal." www.defenseone.com/ideas/2025/0...
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A killing at sea marks America’s descent into lawless power
The peremptory strike on a speedboat is a warning to all who serve. Remember your oath.
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Lisa Campbell @lisaforgeorgia.bsky.social · 09/09/2025
“We…are gravely concerned with this decision to send troops to occupy another state or district in our union…it is setting a dangerous, unsound precedent. Sending armed soldiers to invade American cities under the guise of fighting crime, is a blatant abuse of power,” www.wabe.org/georgia-demo...
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Georgia Democrats press governor to bring back National Guard members recently deployed to DC
Democratic state lawmakers are asking Gov. Brian Kemp to recall Georgia National Guard members recently sent to Washington. Kemp announced on Friday that Georgia is sending about 300 soldiers and […]
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Lisa Campbell @lisaforgeorgia.bsky.social · 09/09/2025
Georgia Democrats press governor to bring back National Guard members recently deployed to DC georgiarecorder.com/briefs/georg...
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Georgia Democrats press governor to bring back National Guard members recently deployed to DC • Georgia Recorder
A group of Georgia Democrats wrote to Kemp that the move “demonstrates blind loyalty to a leader who is effectively turning America towards autocracy.”
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Lisa Campbell @lisaforgeorgia.bsky.social · 09/09/2025
Read the letter from 31 members of the GA House & Senate to Gov Kemp requesting corrective action to stop armed troop deployment to Washington D.C. and recall Georgia’s National Guard. Sending our armed troops to occupy other American cities is wrong.
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Lisa Campbell @lisaforgeorgia.bsky.social · 07/09/2025
Standing together to protect each other. #humanrights #protectruleoflaw
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Lisa Campbell @lisaforgeorgia.bsky.social · 06/09/2025
Read my statement about the recent ICE raid in Georgia… What will you do when ICE raids your business, your school, your church or your neighborhood—denying your right to due process? This impacts all Georgians. Stand united for the rule of law and protect human rights.
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Lisa Campbell @lisaforgeorgia.bsky.social · 30/08/2025
“America’s founding generation understood that an army turned inward can be a very dangerous thing to both democracy and individual liberty.” Joseph Nunn, counsel in the Brennan Center for Justice’s Liberty and National Security Program www.ajc.com/news/2025/08...
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Trump’s expanding National Guard roles put squeeze on Georgia troops
Gov. Brian Kemp says he supports more Georgia National Guard deployments as President Donald Trump expands their roles. Critics say it's dangerous to militarize domestically.
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Lisa Campbell @lisaforgeorgia.bsky.social · 30/08/2025
“…the Board of Regents would have to rethink…two of its eight System Values: “We protect freedom of inquiry and expression” and “We value diversity of intellectual thought and expression for all.” Let us hope it never comes to that.” - Rick Diguette www.ajc.com/opinion/2025...
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Georgia sends chilling message that college professors can’t be trusted
The University System of Georgia wants professors' course syllabuses to be made public. Despite the rationale that it's about transparency, this seems like pure politics.
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Lisa Campbell @lisaforgeorgia.bsky.social · 21/08/2025
State Rep. Lisa Campbell (D-Kennesaw) asked the board to “abandon this proposed harmful policy change, silence dissent, erase public accountability, and shield members from criticism.” cobbcountycourier.com/2025/08/no-m...
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No more broadcast of public comments after 4-3 vote by Cobb school board
Following a party line vote of 4-3 Thursday evening, public comments will no longer be broadcast or recorded by the Cobb County School District.
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Lisa Campbell @lisaforgeorgia.bsky.social · 19/08/2025
It’s long overdue to create a Climate Change Preparedness Office in GA —and YES we should use the actual data and scientific words instead of allowing them to he hijacked by GOP anti-science anti-American extremists: thecurrentga.org/2025/08/16/r...
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Report urges state-level leadership on 'resilience' while 'climate change' still politically charged - The Current
A new report suggests that Georgia create a state office to plan for the effects of climate change, emphasizing the need for resilience in the face of increasing natural disasters.
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Lisa Campbell @lisaforgeorgia.bsky.social · 19/08/2025
Decreased scrutiny of mergers including United’s $3.3B acquisition of Amedisys, a home health and hispice provider in 38 states: www.beckershospitalreview.com/hospital-tra...
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Trump revokes executive order on competition: 5 things for hospital leaders to know - Becker's Hospital Review | Healthcare News & Analysis
President Donald Trump on Aug. 13 revoked Executive Order 14036, a 2021 directive issued under the Biden administration aimed at promoting competition across the U.S. economy, including healthcare. Fi...
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Lisa Campbell @lisaforgeorgia.bsky.social · 05/08/2025
“The Trump administration authorized the deployment of National Guard units at immigration facilities, escalating its use of the military as part of Trump’s immigration crackdown….National Guard troops would be deployed in 20 states w/ GOP governors, including…GA” www.nytimes.com/2025/07/30/u...
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Trump Administration Authorizes Deployment of National Guard at ICE Facilities
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Lisa Campbell @lisaforgeorgia.bsky.social · 04/08/2025
In Georgia, we've proven that "Work requirements don’t work, except to cut people off of health insurance." kffhealthnews.org/news/article...
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Work Requirements and Red Tape Ahead for Millions on Medicaid - KFF Health News
Work requirements are coming for the millions of Americans on Medicaid, due to the Republican tax and spend bill that President Donald Trump signed into law July 4. Currently, Georgia is the only stat...
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Lisa Campbell @lisaforgeorgia.bsky.social · 25/07/2025
Cobb Democrats are calling for the Cobb Board of Education to reverse its recent decision and continue allowing public comments to be broadcast during meetings. www.mdjonline.com/news/educati...
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UPDATE: Cobb Dems call for reversal of school board public comment policy
MARIETTA — Cobb Democrats are calling for the Cobb Board of Education to reverse its recent decision and continue allowing public comments to be broadcast during meetings.
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Lisa Campbell @lisaforgeorgia.bsky.social · 22/07/2025
Pathways to Coverage a disaster. We all heard the governor talk about what a great success it was, but behind the scenes, we know the facts do not add up: cobbcountycourier.com/2025/07/fede...
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Federal spending bill could hit Georgia Medicaid where it already hurts
For Georgia’s Medicaid expansion advocates, the federal spending bill President Donald Trump signed into law July 4 was another blow.
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Lisa Campbell @lisaforgeorgia.bsky.social · 18/07/2025
State Rep. Lisa Campbell asked the board to “abandon this proposed harmful policy change, silence dissent, erase public accountability, and shield members from criticism.” The proposal pased along party lines-shameful. cobbcountycourier.com/2025/07/no-m...
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No more broadcast of public comments after 4-3 vote by Cobb school board
Following a party line vote of 4-3 Thursday evening, public comments will no longer be broadcast or recorded by the Cobb County School District.
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Lisa Campbell @lisaforgeorgia.bsky.social · 18/07/2025
“Absent in the memo is any mention of Trump…or any specific federal budget cuts.” Our state’s GOP leaders are on record supporting the budget bill that will result in $$$ millions+ lost annually. State services will be frozen even as our population and needs grow. thecurrentga.org/2025/07/14/g...
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Georgia governor calls for contingency budget plans amid ‘national’ changes - The Current
Georgia governor's office asks state agencies to prepare backup plans due to federal government funding cuts and services under Trump's tax-and-spending bill.
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Lisa Campbell @lisaforgeorgia.bsky.social · 17/07/2025
ALERT: “While this reassessment takes place, local officials can move new data centers projects forward without the additional layer of analysis & scrutiny that comes from a DRI review…pause on regional reviews will make it harder for…public to track new proposals.” www.ajc.com/news/2025/07...
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Georgia agency pauses infrastructure reviews for new data centers
As data center development in Georgia surges, one type of regional review for the power-hungry projects is being shelved — at least temporarily.
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Lisa Campbell @lisaforgeorgia.bsky.social · 17/07/2025
“Key components of the [mental health parity] law-including that the department display a submission portal for complaints prominently on its website-are not being enforced…compliance reports show insurance companies are ignoring its mandate…” This unacceptable. www.ajc.com/politics/202...
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John King criticized for weak enforcement of Georgia mental health law
Three years after Georgia passed a mental health parity law, critics say the Senate hopeful and insurance chief hasn’t held insurers accountable or raised public awareness.
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Lisa Campbell @lisaforgeorgia.bsky.social · 17/07/2025
I am reaching out with urgency to update you on the Cobb County School Board’s disturbing proposal to end the public broadcast of community comments during board meetings, allowing the district to broadly block public commentary.
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Lisa Campbell @lisaforgeorgia.bsky.social · 16/07/2025
According to survey conducted by the American Medical Association, 93% of physicians reported that prior authorization delayed access to necessary care-82% said that the process can sometimes, lead to patients abandoning treatment. Prior authorization should be banned. time.com/7297420/heal...
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Health Insurers Vow—Again—to Fix Prior Authorization Process
This isn’t the first time insurers have pledged to reform the controversial process. Here's what to know.
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Lisa Campbell @lisaforgeorgia.bsky.social · 11/07/2025
E.B. White said, "I arise in the morning torn between a desire to improve the world and a desire to enjoy the world. This makes it hard to plan the day." Can relate. Happy birthday writer, E.B. White.
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Lisa Campbell @lisaforgeorgia.bsky.social · 01/07/2025
GA’s GOP getting what they signed up for and it’s hurting Georgians—no state may have more to lose than GA from green energy cuts.Top GA Republicans have been mostly silent, while GA’s Democratic U.S. senators are staunchly opposed. Remember this at the ballot box. www.ajc.com/news/2025/06...
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A Georgia town that solidly backed Trump could fall victim to his tax bill's green energy cuts
CARTERSVILLE, Ga. (AP) — When two South Korean companies announced a multibillion-dollar investment to build solar panel and electric battery factories in northwest Georgia, federal subsidies helped c...
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Lisa Campbell @lisaforgeorgia.bsky.social · 01/07/2025
They know it’s dangerous: In an emergency meeting, GA Dept of Community Health’s advisory board approved measures to increase Medicaid $ for hospitals, an urgent race ahead of the GOP’s budget bill that’s poised to freeze or reduce Medicaid funding for GA hospitals. www.ajc.com/news/2025/06...
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Georgia hurries to increase Medicaid hospital funding
Georgia Department of Community Health’s advisory board approved three measures to increase Medicaid funding for hospitals in the state.
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Lisa Campbell @lisaforgeorgia.bsky.social · 30/06/2025
“The reality is, this bill is an anti-environmental billionaire tax scam.” www.lcv.org/media-center...
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Trump's "Big Beautiful Bill Event" and How the Big Ugly Bill Will Impact Families and Communities
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Lisa Campbell @lisaforgeorgia.bsky.social · 30/06/2025
“Based on scientific research…five actions that should be enacted: stricter licensing laws; red flag laws permitting firearms to be removed; laws mandating guns be stored safely, away from children; stronger concealed carry laws; community violence intervention programs.” www.ajc.com/education/20...
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Mass shootings in Georgia can be prevented with these 5 steps
It’s time to stop blaming mental health and start focusing on start focusing on scientific research.
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Lisa Campbell @lisaforgeorgia.bsky.social · 30/06/2025
Scared of diverse student populations, culturally rich faculty experiences, and inclusive learning, UGA joins others to create their own “new”accreditation standards. Goodbye quality education and equitable opportunities—hello racism, sexism and discrimination. www.highereddive.com/news/6-unive...
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6 public university systems unveil plans to launch new accrediting agency
In his announcement, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis slammed the current system as an "accreditation cartel" and decried diversity standards at accreditors.
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Lisa Campbell @lisaforgeorgia.bsky.social · 25/06/2025
“These women should be alive today...yet GOP's...Buddy Carter, John King & Mike Collins...praise Gov Kemp’s extreme abortion ban...how [they] could praise an extreme ban that led to the deaths of multiple women...I will never understand.” @aawestbrook.bsky.social www.savannahnow.com/story/news/l...
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Savannah area Democrat leaders show support for Ossoff, denounce anti-abortion candidates
Local members of the Democratic Party of Georgia gathered in Savannah to denounced anti-abortion GOP U.S. Senate candidates.
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