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Georgia's experience raises red flags for Medicaid work requirement moving through Congress
Georgia’s experiment with a work requirement for Medicaid offers a test of a similar mandate Republicans in Congress want to ...
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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 ...
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 ...
Atlanta Journal-Constitution23d
There’s still a chance for Medicaid expansion in Georgia, but it’s slim
Currently, the federal government covers about two-thirds of the cost of Medicaid, with the state making up the remaining third. If Georgia had expanded the program — as 40 other states have ...
Center on Budget and Policy Priorities3dOpinion
House Republican Bill Would Impose a One-Size-Fits-All Medicaid Work Mandate on States
A provision taking health coverage away from people who can’t meet or regularly document they meet a work requirement or ...
Newsday6d
Georgia's experience raises red flags for Medicaid work requirement moving through Congress
Just days shy of its two-year anniversary, the Georgia Medicaid program is providing health coverage to about 7,500 low-income residents, up from 4,300 in the first year, but far fewer than the ...
The Baltimore Sun6d
Georgia’s experience raises red flags for Medicaid work requirement moving through Congress
It’s the only Medicaid program in the nation with a work requirement. But Georgia recently stopped checking each month whether beneficiaries were meeting the mandate. Colbert and other advocates ...