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How will Georgia manage changes to SNAP and Medicaid rules? State leaders are figuring it out

More than 3 million people in Georgia participate in Medicaid and the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP). All of those programs will face historic cuts following the passage of President ...
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Georgia’s Medicaid work program gets extended

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The U.S. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services approved Georgia’s request to extend the Pathways to Coverage program.
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Medicaid’s Newest Reform Is a Morass of Red Tape

In a summer 2024 press conference, Georgia’s Republican governor, Brian Kemp, launched a video featuring a 54-year-old ...

Medicaid Work Requirements Go Live Soon. Here’s How Many Could Lose Coverage

Medicaid work requirements start going live this summer. What early states Nebraska and Montana reveal about who how many ...
Houston 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 ...
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Fight over Georgia’s Medicaid contracts nears the end, as foster parents plead for reversal

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Georgia could be on the verge of switching Medicaid providers, and foster parents say it could make it more difficult to care for ...
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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 ...
MedPage Today

Georgia's Experience Raises Red Flags for Medicaid Work Requirement Nationwide

Georgia's experiment with a work requirement for Medicaid offers a test of a similar mandate Republicans in Congress want to implement nationally, and advocates say the results so far should serve as ...
WSPA

Federal watchdog report on Georgia’s Medicaid program raises concerns about administrative costs

ATLANTA (AP) — A federal watchdog reported Thursday on a Georgia Medicaid program that requires able-bodied adults to document low-paying work to be eligible for health care, a model the Trump ...
11Alive

Government approves extension of Georgia Pathways Medicaid expansion program

ATLANTA — Gov. Brian Kemp announced Thursday morning that the government has approved an extension for the Georgia Pathways Medicaid expansion program. The extension begins October 1 of this year and ...
Newsday

Federal watchdog report on Georgia's Medicaid program raises concerns about administrative costs

ATLANTA — A federal watchdog reported Thursday that Georgia’s program requiring able-bodied adults to document low-paying work to get Medicaid has spent much more on administrative costs than on ...