Georgia Passes Consumer-Driven Health Care Reform

The State Policy Network carries a brief story on Georgia's new health care reform. Early reviews from market-oriented groups are favorable.

Other states have attempted broader reforms that have failed (California and Illinois) or are struggling (Massachusetts). But John Goodman, president and CE0 of the National Center for Policy Analysis described Georgia’s as “very significant reforms.”

“Georgia is now the second state in the union to allow employers to help their employees obtain personal and portable health insurance – the type of insurance that employees own and can take with them when they move from job to job,” Goodman said.

Here's a link to the Atlanta Journal-Constitution story on the bill signing. Gotta say it's nice to see a health care reform story with a headline that reads: "Health plan options expand."