Georgia getting funds for health care from budget reconciliation bill

Funds for rural health care comes as thousands of Georgians expected to see spike in health insurance premiums.
The Atlanta Journal-ConstitutionOpinion

Georgians deserve health care access. Medicaid expansion is one solution.

Legal challenges to Georgia's Medicaid procurement process are delaying access for residents to quality, affordable health ...
Yahoo

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 ...
FOX 5 Atlanta

Partisan sparring follows rejection of Georgia Medicaid plan

ATLANTA - The Biden administration’s decision to revoke approval of Georgia’s plan to require Medicaid recipients to meet a work requirement was jeered by top Republicans in the state but welcomed by ...
MM&M

Georgia touts its Medicaid experiment as a success. The numbers tell a different story.

This article originally appeared on ProPublica. ProPublica is a Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative newsroom. Sign up for The Big Story newsletter to receive stories like this one in your inbox.
Yahoo

Georgia reportedly drops 300,000 children from Medicaid. Report fears many are uninsured

Georgia dropped more than 300,000 children from the Medicaid and PeachCare for Kids health insurance program, with one of the worst child disenrollment rates in the nation, according to a new study ...
Fox News

Georgia launches Medicaid expansion with employment restriction, critics argue plan is needlessly restrictive

Georgia is offering a new bargain to some adults without health insurance beginning Saturday: Go to work or school and the state will cover you. But advocates decry the plan, which will insure far ...
11Alive

Judge reinstates work requirement in Georgia Medicaid plan

ATLANTA — In a victory for Georgia's Republican governor, a federal judge on Friday reinstated a work requirement in the state's plan to expand Medicaid coverage to more low-income residents. U.S.
Atlanta Journal-Constitution

Report: Georgia drops 300,000 children from Medicaid

Georgia dropped more than 300,000 children from the Medicaid and PeachCare for Kids health insurance program, with one of the worst child disenrollment rates in the nation, according to a new study ...
MM&M

Georgia’s Medicaid work requirement program spent twice as much on administrative costs as healthcare, GAO says

This article originally appeared on ProPublica. ProPublica is a Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative newsroom. Sign up for The Big Story newsletter to receive stories like this one in your inbox. Most ...
Governing

Georgia Governor Basically Kills Medicaid Expansion

Gov. Nathan Deal on Tuesday signed into law the biggest roadblock yet to expanding Medicaid in Georgia under the Affordable Care Act -- leaving hundreds of thousands of poor Georgians uninsured and ...
The Citizen

Foster Kids, Medicaid Families Lose Autism Therapy After Payment Halt

A Fayetteville-based autism therapy provider says it has been forced to pause services for some children after Amerigroup, a ...