Georgia Primary Care Association

10/24/2025

Join Albany Area Primary Health Care, Inc. this weekend for their Fall Festival.

It’s all happening this Saturday, 10/25! Save the date for the upcoming Family Fall Festival in Dawson, Georgia! All community members are welcome. Free health screenings, family-friendly activities and a Trunk or Treat too! 🎃

10/24/2025

Come Nov. 1, recipients of SNAP food assistance benefits across the country may not get their card refilled because of the government shutdown.

People who rely on the federal food assistance program might not receive their benefits for the month of November because of the ongoing government shutdown.

10/20/2025

Celebrate Respiratory Care Week October 19-25, 2025. Let your community, patients, and colleagues know just how vital respiratory therapists are to health and healing.

10/13/2025

This spring, the nationwide network of digital navigators—once backed by a $2.75 billion federal initiative—was abruptly dismantled. For rural America, reliable internet access has vanished.

President Donald Trump called the Digital Equity Act unconstitutional, racist, and illegal. Then the $2.75 billion program for rural and underserved communities to gain internet access disappeared.

10/13/2025

Senators have opened an inquiry into companies paid billions to build Medicaid eligibility systems, warning that flawed technology and upcoming work requirements could push Americans out of coverage.

As contractors position themselves to cash in on a gush of new business managing Medicaid work requirements, a cadre of senators has launched an inquiry into the companies paid billions to build eligibility systems.

10/08/2025

Manufacturers asked to develop separate shots for measles, mumps and rubella instead of the current vaccine, which combines the three.

Individual vaccines for each virus aren't available in the U.S., and no published scientific evidence shows a benefit to separating the combined vaccine.

10/07/2025

During the month of October, Primary Care Physicians. National Primary Care Physicians week is an opportunity to showcase new approaches to healthcare, celebrate progress, network with colleagues and explore new avenues for underserved populations.

10/06/2025

Mental Illness Awareness Week is here! This year’s theme is Community: Supporting Mental Well-Being Together. We’re stronger when we lift each other up.

This Mental Illness Awareness Week, we’re celebrating the power of community.Through NAMI programs like Sharing Hope, Compartiendo Esperanza, Support Groups,...

10/03/2025

Achieve a healthier you this flu season by visiting Valley Healthcare System for your flu shot or COVID vaccine – walk-ins are welcome. Georgia Primary Care Association Columbus Family Connection

10/03/2025

Local health facilities will be at the forefront of the major Medicaid changes triggered by the GOP budget law

They'll face lower payments on top of higher labor costs and inflationary pressures.

10/02/2025

How Rising ACA Premiums Could Strain Family Finances and Sway Voter

In his latest column, President and CEO Dr. Drew Altman shows how spiking premiums, which may come if the enhanced ACA tax credits are not extended, will hit people in the context of their family budgets, alongside rising costs for food, housing and utilities. For some families, their new health car...

10/01/2025

Health care debate brings government to a halt as of October 1st.

The government has shut down for the first time since 2019 after lawmakers failed to reach an agreement to extend federal funding by midnight Tuesday.