Republicans in Georgia also risk alienating the conservative organization Americans for Prosperity with a vote to expand Medicaid coverage. The group is opposed to expansion, even as part of a ...

“Cuts to Medicaid have put lives at risk — and so has Georgia’s refusal to fully expand Medicaid,” said Kristen Wilder, an organizer with the advocacy group Moms Rising, during an ...

Georgia’s faulty oversight of private Medicaid management contractors has left the state’s Medicaid program vulnerable to overpaying for health care and to fraud, a state auditor’s report ...

Nearly 40% of Georgia children are covered by Medicaid, according to ... But patient and health care advocates warn that the risk of significant numbers of people becoming uninsured is greater ...

But the firm points out the decision by Georgia and some other states to not accept a federally funded expansion of Medicaid has left more people without insurance — and rural hospitals with ...

The state has awarded sole control of these services to a new provider, and many families are feeling uncertain about what comes next.

Republicans in Georgia also risk alienating the conservative organization Americans for Prosperity with a vote to expand Medicaid coverage. The group is opposed to expansion, even as part of a ...

But whether the state — and Medicaid patients — are getting an optimal deal on Medicaid is up for debate. Georgia pays three insurance companies — CareSource, Peach State Health Plan and Amerigroup — ...

Medicaid expansion in Georgia would make people earning up to ... and that people with diabetes and high blood pressure might reduce their risks of things like strokes, heart attacks or amputations.

Georgia is the only state that has a Medicaid work requirement ... would discourage employment for those who can work and risk resources meant for the truly needy — low-income children and ...

Advertising The Biden administration has already tried to revoke Georgia’s Medicaid plan once and will ... she said. With risk factors for skin cancer, she worries about living without health ...

That’s why so many foster parents are deeply worried about Georgia’s Medicaid transition and what it could mean for the children they love and care for. For years, Georgia Families 360 has ...