Best States Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp told business leaders Tuesday that he wanted to invest in infrastructure and education, but he did not detail plans for his top priority to limit lawsuits Associated PressJan. 14, 2025 Georgia Cuts Loose More People From Probation After a Fitful Start...
Republican leaders in several states have sought to require that people who are eligible for Medicaid through expansion work, arguing the health program for low-income Americans shouldn't be a handout. Kemp's experiment, aimed at single adults with low incomes who aren't already eligible for Me...
The author explores the impact of financial cutbacks in Georgia's Medicaid regulations on poor children and children with disabilities. It is asserted that the modified regulations, fully in place on September 1, 2006, require increased documentation from speech-language pathologists and have resulted...
Brian Kemp Monday defended and doubled down on his signature Medicaid program — the only one in the nation with a work requirement — further dimming chances the state could adopt a broader expansion of the taxpayer-funded low-income health plan without a work man...
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 ...
Our goal is help low-income Georgia households improve their financial situation by providing actionable, easy-to-understand information. We are dedicated to providing information on the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), as well as TANF, WIC and Medicaid. ...
• Medicaid is projected to see a 7% increase in spending for fiscal year 2026, bringing the total budget to $5.3 billion. Georgia is currently spending $4.9 billion. • The Department of Transportation is seeking an 11% increase for the amended 2025 budget and a 13% increase for the ...
Some researchers have focused on building regression models to predict BLLs based on demographic characteristics, such as race, age, Medicaid coverage, and income5,22,26. Other targeting methods stress the use of geographic information systems (GIS) to create maps highlighting areas with high ...
Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp's plan for a conservative alternative to Obamacare's Medicaid expansion has cost taxpayers at least $26 million so far, with more than 90% going toward administrative and consulting costs rather than medical care for low-income pe