Keisha Lance Bottoms trails by just 3 points as 7% of Georgia voters remain undecided

The former Atlanta mayor is calling for full Medicaid expansion as 7% of likely voters remain undecided in the latest ...
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Ga. Medicaid spends more on administration than care, feds find

ATLANTA - A federal watchdog found Georgia’s program requiring able-bodied adults to document low-paying work to get Medicaid has spent much more on administrative costs than on providing health care.
Opinion
The Atlanta Journal-ConstitutionOpinion

Georgia can lead by moving beyond Medicaid expansion vs. Pathways debate

Georgia became a model for national reforms in Medicaid work requirements. Peach State should move beyond the traditional debate of Medicaid expansion versus Georgia Pathways.
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Bottoms pledges Medicaid expansion; candidates react to latest poll

Democratic gubernatorial candidate Keisha Lance Bottoms pledged to expand Medicaid in Georgia during a weekend campaign stop in Cobb County as the race for governor enters its final stretch.
WABE

Is Jackson’s ‘Intelligent Medicaid Expansion’ weak tea – or a revolutionary fix?

A high-stakes mystery is unfolding in the Georgia governor’s race, potentially affecting health insurance for hundreds of ...
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Georgia touts its Medicaid experiment as a success. The numbers tell a different story.

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The Atlanta Journal-Constitution

Missing paperwork costs 500,000 their Medicaid in Georgia

The number of Georgians kicked off Medicaid has now reached 596,994 as Georgia and other states continue work to drop beneficiaries who no longer qualify. That number is expected to grow as the ...
The Nation

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, when Georgia ...
Washington Post

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 ...
Heartland

Georgia Medicaid Work Program Stays Afloat, One Year Out

Georgia is the only state that requires some able-bodied adults to work to qualify for Medicaid, in a program that has reached its one-year anniversary, despite the opposition of the Biden ...
Politico

Georgia offered Medicaid with a work requirement. Few have signed up.

A GOP experiment forcing low-income people to work to qualify for public health insurance benefits is stumbling in Georgia. The state’s Republican governor, Brian Kemp, expected 31,000 Georgians to ...

Georgia dentist expands care for patients with Medicaid

Dr. Hassan Marwan says about 80% of his patients at A Smile 4 U in Hiram use Medicaid. After seeing how difficult it was for ...