On July 1, 2023, Georgia became the first state to partially expand Medicaid eligibility to low-income adults with work requirements through a new program called Georgia Pathways to Coverage. Georgia Pathways is a partial expansion of Medicaid eligibility that covers persons with incomes up to 100...
Georgia officials told the federal Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services that it would cost at least $51 million over two years to design, develop, and implement an eligibility system, funds that would largely be channeled to Deloitte Consulting, according to the...
Medicaid planningis proactively planning to obtain eligibility for government benefits should the need arise. It does not mean you have to go on Medicaid. It means you have preserved that option should it be best for you, your loved one or family. Medicaid is, for most people, the only sou...
State officials had also set lofty enrollment expectations for Pathways despite the Medicaid eligibility review. Carlson said the state has launched a major campaign to promote Pathways that includes radio and television ads. It is also conducting outreach on college campus...
To be eligible for Medicaid, applicants must meet eligibility criteria that cover their financial situation, functional status, citizenship and state residency. For people entering nursing homes, the basic criteria include: Applicants must have an income below $2,382 per month. Each spouse can have...
The federal government prohibited disenrolling any Medicaid recipients during the COVID pandemic. When the national public health emergency was declared at an end in April of last year, states began the complicated process of reassessing eligibility for Medicaid coverage. ...
One area that won’t receive more funding is Medicaid. While Georgia consistently ranks as one of the worst states for healthcare coverage, Kemp argued that Georgia Pathways, the state’s coverage program for low-income residents, covers more than 200,000 more Georgians than Medicaid expansion ...
The Kemp administration blames the processing slowdown of state benefits, in part, on what's known as the Medicaid "unwinding," which began in April 2023 as states had to redetermine the eligibility of all enrollees in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic. ...
stamps, child care assistance, Medicaid, Family Assistance, State Health Insurance Children’s Program and cash assistance programs such as Temporary Assistance for Needy Families. These benefits aim to promote health, nutrition, early development and work readiness for low-income individuals in Georgia...
due in part to lack of Medicaid expansion in the majority of Southern states even after the passage of the Affordable Care Act. Additionally, analyses show that the Ryan White HIV/AIDS program, which provides care to uninsured people living with HIV (PLWH), gives less funding per person to ...