Healthcare
District 68 families should not have to choose between their health and their finances.
Georgia is one of ten states that has not fully expanded Medicaid. That decision costs District 68 families their health and their savings. Courtney will fight to change it.
The Challenge
What District 68 families are actually facing
Georgia is one of only ten states that has not fully expanded Medicaid. That decision has left approximately 300,000 Georgians in a coverage gap: they earn too much to qualify for traditional Medicaid but too little to afford marketplace insurance. A disproportionate share of those Georgians live in majority-Black districts like District 68. Georgia's partial expansion program, Georgia Pathways, layers work requirements and administrative barriers that are designed to limit enrollment rather than expand access. Maternal mortality rates in Fulton County, particularly in southern and western portions, remain among the highest in the state for Black women.
Courtney's Position
Lowering Healthcare Costs
Georgia is one of ten states that has not fully expanded Medicaid. That decision costs District 68 families their health and their savings. Courtney will fight to change it.
Support This FightLegislative Commitments
Specific actions. Not talking points.
Every item below is a specific legislative action Courtney will pursue in her first term.
- 1
Fight for full Medicaid expansion without work requirements or bureaucratic barriers that limit enrollment.
- 2
Introduce or support a Maternal Health Equity Act targeting the counties with the highest Black maternal mortality rates, including Fulton.
- 3
Push for increased state funding for Federally Qualified Health Centers serving District 68 communities.
- 4
Oppose any legislation that adds administrative burdens or work requirements to healthcare access programs.
- 5
Advocate for mental health funding parity in the state budget so that mental healthcare is treated as real healthcare.
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Support prescription cost transparency and affordability measures that protect families from out-of-pocket price spikes.
What Courtney Says
The argument in her own words.
"Georgia left billions of federal dollars on the table rather than give working families a doctor. That is not fiscal conservatism. That is cruelty with a budget attached."
"Georgia Pathways is not Medicaid expansion. It is Medicaid avoidance with a press release. I will fight for real expansion."
"Black women in South Fulton are dying from preventable causes during childbirth at rates that should make every lawmaker lose sleep. I will not let that continue."
"Mental health is health. Treating it as a luxury is a policy failure. I will fight to end it."
"The coverage gap in this district does not need more paperwork. It needs a doctor."
"I earned a BA in Healthcare Administration on active duty. I understand how this system works and I understand why it fails the people who need it most."
Your Community
What this solution means where you live.
The same fight shows up differently depending on where you are in District 68.
South Fulton
South Fulton is Georgia's seventh-largest city. Its residents deserve healthcare infrastructure that matches that scale. Community health funding, maternal health investment, and full Medicaid expansion are the baseline.
Union City
Working families in Union City are caught in the coverage gap. Too much to qualify, not enough to afford. Full Medicaid expansion closes that gap. That is the fight Courtney will take to Atlanta.
Fairburn and Fayette County
Families in Fairburn and across Fayette County drive significant distances for basic healthcare services. Courtney will fight for community health center funding that brings care closer to home across the entire district.