United States President Joseph R. Biden during a campaign stop at Mary Mac’s restaurant in Atlanta in the summer of 2024. Photo by Donnell Suggs/The Atlanta VoiceUnited States President Joseph R. Biden is scheduled to give his farewell address tonight and will be saying goodbye to the country as its 46th Commander-in-Chief. The Scranton, Pennsylvania native and former Senator will be leaving Georgia better off than it was when he took office four years ago this month.Biden and United States Vice President Kamala Harris, who campaigned numerous times throughout Georgia during her run for the White House, helped improve the lives of Georgians during their four years in the White House. “In Georgia, nearly 500,000 new jobs have been created, enrollment in the Affordable Care Act has more than tripled, and billions of dollars have been invested into the state in four years of the Biden-Harris Administration,” Democratic National Committee Chair Jaime Harrison said in a statement. “As President Biden leaves office, Georgia is stronger than ever with low unemployment, new caps on prescription drug costs, and billions of dollars canceled in student loan debt for Georgians.” A look at some crucial numbers involving employment, health care, education, energy, and manufacturing, left little doubt that the Biden-Harris Administration left the state of Georgia better than they found it.Photo by Donnell Suggs/The Atlanta VoiceGeorgia’s unemployment rate fell to just under 4% in November 2024 compared to being near 5% four years ago, according to data provided by the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis. Georgia Governor Brian Kemp and Lieutenant Governor Burt Jones spent time praising how good Georgia is to work and do business during the annual Eggs & Issues breakfast at the Georgia World Congress center on Tuesday, Jan. 14. During Biden’s four years as President, Georgia has seen 491,200 jobs added, according to data from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. The President’s American Rescue Plan, which was put forth in 2021 as a Covid-19 stimulus package, extended Medicaid postpartum coverage by 10 months, which could be seen as a way to help improve patient’s mental health.For a state that ranks last in the country on maternal mortality rates of Black women, according to the Center for Reproductive Rights, that Medicaid extension could have possibly saved lives. Black women in Georgia remain three times more likely to die from pregnancy-related complications than white women, so making things easier after getting through pregnancy in the state of Georgia was substantial. Seniors also saw insulin prices capped at $35 per month and locked into a $2,000 yearly cap during the Biden-Harris Administration. More than 1 million Georgia seniors have benefitted from those price caps, according to the Department of Health and Human Services.U.S. President Joe Biden accepts an award by U.S. Congresswoman Terri Sewell and U.S. Congressman Steven Horsford at the Phoenix Awards during the Congressional Black Caucus’s 53rd Annual Legislative Conference inside the Walter E. Washington Convention Center on September 14, 2024 in Washington, DC. Photo by Itoro N. Umontuen/The Atlanta VoiceThe student debt relief during the Biden-Harris Administration was often mentioned during speeches and campaign rallies. More than 200,000 Georgians, many of whom are students and graduates of the state’s many Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs), such as Albany State University, Clark Atlanta University, Morris Brown College, Morehouse College, Savannah State University, and Spelman College, had $8.5 billion in student debt cancelled. The investment in private companies working in the clean energy and manufacturing industries reached $42 billion during the past four years. That includes $600 million in the semiconductors and electronics industries and $25 billion in EV and batteries businesses. Photo by Kerri Phox/The Atlanta VoiceThe post Numbers Never Lie: Biden-Harris Administration had positive effect on the state of Georgia appeared first on The Atlanta Voice.