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 ...
Atlanta Journal-Constitution

There’s still a chance for Medicaid expansion in Georgia, but it’s a slim one

For the 15 years since President Barack Obama signed the Affordable Care Act into law, Georgia Democrats have been pushing to expand Medicaid and cover more of the state’s low-income uninsured. The ...
Alaska Public Media

Do 'work requirements' in Medicaid work? Georgia's been trying it for two years.

Now that Republicans' big tax-and-spending bill has become law, there will be new bureaucratic hurdles for millions of Americans who rely on Medicaid. The new law contains a provision that in most ...
MM&M

Congress is pushing for a Medicaid work requirement. Here’s what happened when Georgia tried it.

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

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Salon

Georgia Medicaid work requirement program spent more on administrative costs than health care

Most of the tax dollars used to launch and implement the nation’s only Medicaid work requirement program have gone toward paying administrative costs rather than covering health care for Georgians, ...
The New York Times

Medicaid Work Requirements Don’t Boost Employment, Study Shows

A state-level preview of the Big Beautiful Bill’s Medicaid reforms didn’t improve employment or result in gains in insurance coverage. By Simar Bajaj A new study adds to a growing body of evidence ...