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Georgia's work requirement slows processing of applications for Medicaid, food stamps
Deegant Adhvaryu completed his parents' applications for Medicaid ... cards in the mail. Federal rules require states to ...
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Georgia awards four Medicaid contracts
The state of Georgia will award four Medicaid contacts to health care organizations. Wellstar picks firm to redevelop Atlanta Medical Center Morehouse gets grant from global health giant Morehouse ...
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Georgia's Medicaid plan requiring work falling short of expected enrollments, report finds
ATLANTA - Georgia's year-old Medicaid plan is falling far short of expected enrollment numbers, according to a new report from an Atlanta-based public policy group. A year since its launch ...
Fast Company10mon
Georgia’s Medicaid plan requiring work sees low enrollment in the first year
Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp’s office has presented Pathways as a compromise that would add people to Medicaid while also helping them transition off it. Blaming the Biden administration for delaying ...
Insurancenewsnet.com5mon
Inside the ‘big deal’ battle for Georgia’s Medicaid contract
Much is on the line. Georgia expects to spend about $4.5 billion on Medicaid and PeachCare, the program for uninsured kids, in the next year. The Medicaid program is administered jointly by ...
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Georgia Touts Its Medicaid Experiment as a Success. The Numbers Tell a Different Story.
This article was produced for ProPublica’s Local Reporting Network in partnership with The Current. Sign up for Dispatches to get stories like this one as soon as they are published. These ...
The Nation6mon
Georgia’s Disastrous Medicaid Work Requirements
Georgia’s Republican governor, Brian Kemp, said that 345,000 people would enroll in the state’s Medicaid program, which has strict work requirements—so far just 5,118 have. In 2023 ...
Seattle Times10mon
Can a Medicaid plan that requires work succeed? First year of Georgia experiment is not promising
ATLANTA (AP) — By now, Georgia officials expected their new Medicaid plan, the only one in the nation with a work requirement, to provide health insurance to 25,000 low-income residents and ...
Black Enterprise9mon
Georgia’s Work-Required Medicaid Program Struggles To Register Members
Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp’s Medicaid Program, which has received flack for its work mandate, has struggled thus far with the number of sign-ups. The Republican lawmaker continues to promote the ...
The Independent10mon
Judge refuses to extend timeframe for Georgia's new Medicaid plan, only one with work requirement
The state didn't comply with federal rules for an extension, so the Biden administration legally rejected its request to extend the Georgia Pathways ... for Medicare & Medicaid Services twice ...
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Georgia's work requirement slows processing of applications for Medicaid, food stamps
In July 2023, Georgia launched a Medicaid work requirement ... more than 120 days after applying -- to finally get their Medicaid cards in the mail. Federal rules require states to process most ...
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Can a Medicaid plan that requires work succeed? First year of Georgia experiment is not promising
FILE - Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp, left, and Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Administrator Seema Verma, right, sign healthcare waivers at the state Capitol in Atlanta, Oct. 15, 2020.