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

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Georgia's experience raises red flags for Medicaid work requirement moving through Congress

ATLANTA – 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 ...
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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 ...
Georgia Recorder

Georgia tax credit program helps stabilize finances of rural hospitals, though challenges remain

A tax credit program, which allows taxpayers to get a credit for donations to rural hospitals, has directed hundreds of ...
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The firm running Georgia’s struggling Medicaid experiment was also paid millions to sell it to the public

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Dr. Heavenly Kimes Discusses Running for Congress in Georgia

Dr. Heavenly Kimes says Congress needs someone younger, fresher, and way more plugged in to what her community’s actually ...
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Georgia’s experience raises red flags for Medicaid work requirement moving through Congress

ATLANTA (AP) — 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 ...