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 ...

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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 ...

ATLANTA — An all-out battle for one of Georgia’s most lucrative public contracts is underway as a group of insurers competes for the multibillion-dollar award from Gov. Brian Kemp’s ...

In August, the Adhvaryus started calling a Georgia helpline ... more than 120 days after applying—to finally get their Medicaid cards in the mail. Federal rules require states to process ...

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 ...

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 ...

In July, Ms. Young, a journalist, had moved from California to Georgia, a state with strict Medicaid eligibility limits and one of just 10 that did not expand the program to adults under the ...

ATLANTA (AP) — Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp Monday defended and doubled down on his signature Medicaid program — the only one in the nation with a work requirement — further dimming chances the ...

A fierce battle with Georgia over a Medicaid experiment with stricter enrollment underscores the vast divide between parties over how to cover lower-income Americans. By Noah Weiland Reporting ...

ATLANTA - 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 possibly ...

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 ...