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

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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 ...
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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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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 requirement program spent twice as much on administrative costs as healthcare, GAO says

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Advocates warn that proposed Medicaid cuts threaten Georgia’s safety net programs

Advocates are bracing for potential cuts to Georgia’s safety net programs under the GOP’s “big, beautiful bill” moving through Congress, though it remains to be seen what changes to programs like ...
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Georgia’s Medicaid work program gets extended

ATLANTA — The U.S. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services approved Georgia’s request to extend the Pathways to Coverage program. According to a release from the governor’s office, the program will ...
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A look at how Georgia's Medicaid work requirement has been going

Under the Republicans' new tax and spending law, people on Medicaid face new requirements. That includes work requirements for low-income adults. Although others have tried, Georgia is the only state ...