Ariel Hart

Georgia

Reporter at The Atlanta Journal-Constitution

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Aetna to exit Affordable Care Act insurance market

1 week ago | ajc.com | Ariel Hart

The health insurance giant Aetna told investors it plans to stop offering plans nationwide on the Affordable Care Act marketplace exchange next year. The ACA is also known as Obamacare and, in Georgia, is run by the state as Georgia Access. The move comes amid rising uncertainty about federal support for the marketplace in 2026.
CDC Foundation hit by layoffs

1 week ago | ajc.com | Ariel Hart

The CDC Foundation, an Atlanta-based nonprofit that bolsters the work of the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, laid off 32 people Thursday — adding to about 90 workers who lost their jobs a month ago. The layoffs followed nationwide cuts to public health funding under the Trump administration. The CDC Foundation was established by Congress to be a force multiplier for the CDC, through partnerships.
Georgia loses chance to become a foster mom after CDC job loss

2 weeks ago | ajc.com | Ariel Hart

Bree Danner was in her Atlanta office at the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in February when the call came. After years preparing to become a foster mom, a caseworker was asking if she could house a child in need, perhaps for the long haul. She was excited. But then, uneasy.Three weeks in, the Trump administration was already eliminating federal government jobs.She wondered about her own. Danner had been building toward foster parenting, part of what she sees as a life of service.
Jon Ossoff holds Cobb town hall as CDC cuts factor into Georgia Senate race

2 weeks ago | gazettextra.com | Greg Bluestein |Ariel Hart

ATLANTA - U.S. Sen. Jon Ossoff is seizing on sharp cuts to the public health agencies as he races for reelection in Georgia, transforming the Trump administration's government-shrinking efforts into a central theme of his 2026 campaign. The Democrat will hold a town hall in Cobb County on Friday featuring longtime staffers of the Atlanta-based Centers for Disease Control and Prevention who were fired shortly after Donald Trump returned to power. Copyright 2025 Tribune Content Agency.
Jon Ossoff holds Cobb town hall as CDC cuts factor into Georgia Senate race

2 weeks ago | kdhnews.com | Greg Bluestein |Ariel Hart

ATLANTA - U.S. Sen. Jon Ossoff is seizing on sharp cuts to the public health agencies as he races for reelection in Georgia, transforming the Trump administration's government-shrinking efforts into a central theme of his 2026 campaign. The Democrat will hold a town hall in Cobb County on Friday featuring longtime staffers of the Atlanta-based Centers for Disease Control and Prevention who were fired shortly after Donald Trump returned to power. Copyright 2025 Tribune Content Agency.
Jon Ossoff holds Cobb town hall as CDC cuts factor into Georgia Senate race

2 weeks ago | thederrick.com | Greg Bluestein |Ariel Hart

ATLANTA — U.S. Sen. Jon Ossoff is seizing on sharp cuts to the public health agencies as he races for reelection in Georgia, transforming the Trump administration’s government-shrinking efforts into a central theme of his 2026 campaign. The Democrat will hold a town hall in Cobb County on Friday featuring longtime staffers of the Atlanta-based Centers for Disease Control and Prevention who were fired shortly after Donald Trump returned to power.
Jon Ossoff holds Cobb town hall as CDC cuts factor into Georgia Senate race

2 weeks ago | ajc.com | Greg Bluestein |Ariel Hart

U.S. Sen. Jon Ossoff is seizing on sharp cuts to the public health agencies as he races for reelection in Georgia, transforming the Trump administration’s government-shrinking efforts into a central theme of his 2026 campaign. The Democrat will hold a town hall in Cobb County on Friday featuring longtime staffers of the Atlanta-based Centers for Disease Control and Prevention who were fired shortly after Trump returned to power.
Jon Ossoff holds Cobb town hall as CDC cuts factor into Georgia Senate race

2 weeks ago | ledger-enquirer.com | Greg Bluestein |Ariel Hart

U.S. Sen. Jon Ossoff is seizing on sharp cuts to the public health agencies as he races for reelection in Georgia, transforming the Trump administration's government-shrinking efforts into a central theme of his 2026 campaign. The Democrat will hold a town hall in Cobb County on Friday featuring longtime staffers of the Atlanta-based Centers for Disease Control and Prevention who were fired shortly after Trump returned to power.
Jon Ossoff holds Cobb town hall as CDC cuts factor into Georgia Senate race

2 weeks ago | dailyitem.com | Greg Bluestein |Ariel Hart

ATLANTA — U.S. Sen. Jon Ossoff is seizing on sharp cuts to the public health agencies as he races for reelection in Georgia, transforming the Trump administration’s government-shrinking efforts into a central theme of his 2026 campaign. The Democrat will hold a town hall in Cobb County on Friday featuring longtime staffers of the Atlanta-based Centers for Disease Control and Prevention who were fired shortly after Donald Trump returned to power. kAm%96 E@H?
Health experts say axing CDC research on maternal health is a 'huge' step backward

2 weeks ago | medicalxpress.com | Ariel Hart

Researchers and community workers in Georgia are speaking out against deep cuts to work on maternal and infant mortality that appear in a draft budget proposal for federal health funding. The cuts, if enacted, would add significantly to the staff cuts at the Atlanta-based Centers for Disease Control and Prevention that the Trump administration has already made under Elon Musk and the Department of Government Efficiency.