Arkansas and Georgia both imposed job requirements for Medicaid recipients. Advocates said the programs added red tape and administrative costs.
Only 6,500 participants have enrolled in a program that has cost taxpayers more than $86 million — a warning for other states looking to impose restrictions on Medicaid in a second Trump presidency.
Over half a million Georgians have lost coverage due to the nationwide "unwinding" process that began after the COVID pandemic.
Georgia Democratic Sens. Jon Ossoff and Raphael Warnock are addressing the impact of proposed Republican cuts to Medicaid on ordinary Georgians.
The Democratic U.S. senator is running for reelection in 2026 in what will likely be one of the most hotly contested races in the country.
Republican lawmakers could try to siphon billions of dollars from the nearly-free health care coverage offered to the poorest Americans.
The Trump administration will likely allow states to impose Medicaid work requirements, but some states have found it to be complicated.
Republicans are weighing billions of dollars in cuts to Medicaid, jeopardizing health care coverage for some of the 80 million U.S. adults and children enrolled in the safety net program
"Rather, the Medicaid work requirement would merely serve as an administrative barrier to remaining enrolled in Medicaid, as it involves onerous administrative reporting requirements, where a small mistake in reporting your worked hours or a misinterpretation of the reporting instructions may drop you from insurance coverage entirely."
As the 90-day session comes closer to an end, the idea of Medicaid expansion isn't looking very promising this year in Mississippi.
The Georgia congressman begged the raucous crowd to stop “screaming” as they repeatedly interrupted and booed him.
He's enrolled in Georgia's Pathways to Coverage plan, which offers Medicaid for a slice of impoverished people who make just too much to qualify for traditional Medicaid. Georgia, which has not ...
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