ATLANTA (AP) — Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp announced Wednesday he wants to let low-income parents with young kids enroll without working in a Medicaid program that provides coverage for some able-bodied adults.
Georgia has the fourth highest uninsured rate in the country, with well over a million people lacking health insurance. The primary reason is Georgia’s failure to close theMedicaid insurance gap. This gap was created when the courts allowed states to opt out of receiving a slice of Medicaid ...
House Bill 68, sponsored by Burns, contains the state budget for fiscal year 2026, allocating $37.7 billion for schools, road repairs, Medicaid, prisons, mental health treatment and other state services. Kemp may veto individual line items if he chooses. All Georgia Boards of Education certified...
While Georgia Democrats and health-care advocates have long pushed for full-blown Medicaid expansion, Kemp said the purpose of his more limited program is to transition low-income Georgians from Georgia Pathways to Georgia Access, a program that provides insurance coverage through the private sector....