December 11, 2025

Consumer Stories

Decoding your confusing healthcare benefits

Publisher’s Note: Former Cleveland Indians pitcher, Tom Mastny, formed The Pennant Group in July of 2021. The Pennant Group, an Augusta independent healthcare consultant agency, has grown from 4 employer clients and 0 individual clients, to nearly 75 group clients and 300 individual & Medicare clients since then. The Pennant Group specializes in Health insurance benefits for every stage of an individual’s life. They offer employer-sponsored group coverage, individual coverage, and Medicare services. In this wide-ranging interview, he shares important deadlines, industry insight, and how his clients benefit from Tom

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Consumer Stories

Medical Business just outside of Augusta/Aiken

The Medical College of Georgia (MCG) is continuing its more than 200-year mission to train doctors, now targeting the need for physicians in rural Georgia. Some of Georgia’s 159 counties in rural areas have no physicians or lack specialties such as pediatricians and OB/GYNs. Of that, 143 counties are designated as Health Professional Shortage Areas (HPSAs). Dr. David Hess, Dean of MCG, said those areas are known as health deserts or physician deserts. The National Institutes of Health (NIH) estimates 20 percent of Americans, that’s more than 50 million people,

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