State senators, introduce bipartisan effort to expand Medicaid in Georgia
Georgia is one of 10 states in the U.S. that has not adopted Medicaid expansions resulting from the Affordable Care Act.
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Handful of rural Georgia Republicans join with Dems to give full Medicaid expansion another go
A handful of Senate Republicans from rural Georgia have signed onto a new bipartisan attempt to fully expand Medicaid through ...
GOP senators sign on to Democrat-backed Medicaid expansion
Goodman, Hickman and Watson declined comment. Summers told 11Alive News that he has heard from constituents who can be served with Medicaid expansion and is motivated to protect rural hospitals, ...
Can 2 sides find common ground on expanding Medicaid in Ga.?
They’ve long pushed for Medicaid expansion and gun safety measures. This session, House Minority Leader Carolyn Hugley says ...
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New bipartisan bill to expand Medicaid faces difficult path
Democrats in the state legislature are making another attempt this session to extend health insurance to more Georgians under ...
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Medicaid work requirements likely to be a priority for Republicans in Congress, NC legislature
North Carolina was the 40th state to expand Medicaid under the Affordable Care Act. Lambeth said lawmakers in some of the holdout states have been impressed with North Carolina’s decision to pass ...
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Here’s what we know – and don’t know – about Trump’s federal funding freeze in Georgia
A federal judge temporarily halted President Donald Trump’s order freezing trillions of dollars in federal grants and loans. But not before the sprawling plan had unleashed a wave of confusion — and ...
Medicaid Portals Down After Donald Trump Funding Freeze
After President Donald Trump ordered a freeze on federal grants and loans, Medicaid's portals went down Tuesday afternoon, ...
Kemp proposes changes to Georgia Pathways to Coverage program as legislative session starts
With just nine months left for the test pilot program, Gov. Brian Kemp said he’s proposing new legislation to adjust how the ...
States say they’ve been shut out of Medicaid amid Trump funding freeze
Amid the Trump administration's abrupt, wide-scale freeze on federal funding, states are reporting that they've lost access ...
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Kemp proposes limited expansion of Georgia's Medicaid program
Georgia will seek federal approval to extend Medicaid coverage to some low-income parents and legal guardians of children ...
States lose access to Medicaid payment portal amid Trump federal aid freeze
State Medicaid programs across the country reported Tuesday they had lost access to federal payment portals one day after ...