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The Hamilton Spectator14d
Georgia’s experience raises red flags for Medicaid work requirement moving through Congress
ATLANTA (AP) — Georgia’s experiment with a work requirement for Medicaid offers a test of a similar mandate Republicans in Congress want to implement nationally, and advocates say the results ...
Chattanooga Times Free Press1mon
Advocates warn that proposed Medicaid cuts threaten Georgia’s safety net programs
Even though the bill appears to be designed to chip away at Medicaid's expansion under the Affordable Care Act, advocates and others say states like Georgia that did not fully expand Medicaid ...
The Washington Post1mon
As Republicans weigh Medicaid work requirements, Georgia offers a warning
Two years ago, Georgia began allowing low-income adults to join Medicaid on the condition that they work or train for a job. Republicans now tout the state as a model of compassionate cost-saving ...
AOL3mon
Get a job or lose Medicaid? Arkansas and Georgia show it's not that simple.
Georgia is one of 10 states that didn't expand Medicaid under the Affordable Care Act. In 2019, the Trump administration approved Georgia Pathways to Coverage program to extend Medicaid coverage ...
ProPublica4mon
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 ...
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Georgia touts its Medicaid experiment as a success. The numbers tell a different story.
In January, standing before a cluster of television cameras on the steps of the state Capitol, Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp promoted his experiment in Medicaid reform as a showcase for fellow conservatives ...
Insurancenewsnet.com6mon
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 ...
Fierce Healthcare6mon
Georgia's work requirement slows processing of applications for Medicaid, food stamps
They have Medicare, and, in Georgia, Medicaid pays for its premiums, copayments, and deductibles. The lack of extra coverage strained their fixed incomes. “It was concerning,” Deegant Adhvaryu ...
ABC News6mon
Georgia's work requirement slows processing of applications for Medicaid, food stamps
In July 2023, Georgia launched a Medicaid work requirement program. This is a KFF Health News story. Deegant Adhvaryu completed his parents' applications for Medicaid and food benefits in June.
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 ...
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Georgia Department of Labor Commissioner Bruce Thompson dies at 59
Although Thompson's cause of death has not been officially announced, the 59-year-old Georgia Labor Commissioner was diagnosed with stage-four pancreatic cancer in March of this year, per his ...