Mickey in Action

• Sponsored PeachCare for Kids in 1998. A national model, this program is one of the top three in the United States and is helping provide affordable health care for over 200,000 children of working families who were formerly uninsured

• Expanded healthcare provider services by sponsoring and passing the “Georgia HealthShare Volunteers in Medicine Act” which authorizes the State of Georgia to offer state liability protection to uncompensated, licensed healthcare professionals who provide donated care to medically needy patients

• Served as Chairman of the Community Health Sub-Committee and oversaw the allocation of more than $7 billion in state health care spending

• Sponsored legislation that creates a program to distribute unused prescription drugs to medically needy persons

• Sponsored an expansion of PeachCare for Kids in 2000. PeachCare for Kids is now providing affordable health care for children of working families with incomes up to $40,000 for a family of four. Call 877-GA-PEACH for information on how to enroll your children

• Sponsored legislation that provides additional funding for our rural hospitals

• Voted for legislation that ensures new mothers can no longer be forced out of hospitals immediately after giving birth

• Voted for legislation that helps children with cancer, provides coverage for PAP smears, mammograms and prostate tests

• Sponsored legislation requiring insurance companies to pay for colon cancer screening

• Voted for legislation that allows you to choose your own doctor when you enroll in an HMO

• Assisted the Board of Commissioners and the Hospital Authority in putting together a plan to keep Minnie G. Boswell Hospital open and operating

• As a Budget Conferee, successfully worked to restore millions of dollars in proposed cuts to Medicaid in the 2005 budget