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Pew Research Center22h
What the data says about Medicaid
In fiscal 2023, the most recent year for which detailed financial information is available, Medicaid’s net cost was $894.2 ...
Southern Poverty Law Center1d
With Threats of Medicaid Cuts Looming, SPLC Releases Report on Necessity of Medicaid Expansion in the Deep South
Today, the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) released a report highlighting the urgent need for Medicaid expansion in the Deep South as a pressing matter of racial and disability justice. At a time ...
Southern Poverty Law Center1d
Stepping Into the Gap: Medicaid Expansion in the Deep South as a Lifeline to Care
Tina, a 58-year-old Black woman living in the Delta, is Mississippi born and raised.[1] She raised four children and spent ...
The Atlanta Voice2d
Georgia doctors and advocates warn of looming healthcare crisis under Trump’s “Big, Beautiful Bill”
U.S. Representatives Williams and Clark discuss the devastating impact of Trump's 'One Big Beautiful Bill' on healthcare and economic hardships.
Here's what Georgia could learn from this guaranteed income experiment
A Georgia program gave women $850, no strings attached. The results? More stability, opportunity, and a push for statewide policy change.
GOP wants people up to age 64 to work for food stamps and Medicaid. Some experts say it won't work.
The GOP's "big beautiful bill" would require people up to age 64 to certify they're working to get aid. Here's what the ...
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Coastal Georgia anti-Trump ‘No Kings’ protests draw thousands, with some counterprotesters
Thousands of demonstrators marched in cities throughout Coastal Georgia on Saturday in protest of the Trump administration's ...
Plainview Herald10d
Medicaid enrollees fear losing health coverage if Congress enacts work requirements
The prospect of a work requirement for able-bodied Medicaid recipients is sparking fears. The measure is part of a sweeping ...
Flagpole14d
The Face of Georgia Medicaid Is Now Fed Up With Kemp’s ‘Pathways to Coverage’
Last summer, as political debate swirled over the future of Georgia’s experiment with Medicaid work requirements, Gov. Brian ...
Georgia's experience raises red flags for Medicaid work requirement moving through Congress
Advocates say Georgia's experience with a work requirement for Medicaid should serve as a warning to Republicans in Congress pushing a similar mandate. The state's two-year experiment has so ...
Manistee News16d
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 so far ...
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What's the Difference Between Medicaid and Obamacare? - Verywell Health
As of July 2023, Georgia partially expanded Medicaid, but with a work requirement. Far fewer people can obtain coverage under this protocol than would be the case if the state were to fully expand ...