Issue Position: Fighting for Working Families

Issue Position

Every year, we continue to make it harder and harder for working families in Georgia. Our current Governor has refused to expand Medicaid for about 400,000 Georgians. We have to do better. We have to expand Medicaid to make sure all Georgians can have adequate healthcare. Despite the political rhetoric under the Gold Dome, we can do this responsibly. We owe it to the thousands of Georgians being crushed under medical bills or not receiving adequate care to stop playing national politics and expand Medicaid now.

We also have to raise the minimum wage. Georgia's minimum wage is $7.25 per hour. We have far too many families with one or both parents working multiple jobs and still not making enough to provide for their family. This has to stop, and paying a living wage the first step to ensuring financial stability and security for the hardest working Georgians.

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