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, including Crisp Regional Hospital in his hometown of Cordele.
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 she has new hope. “You know, under the gold dome, a no might mean ‘not now,’ and windows are never really closed,
State senators, introduce bipartisan effort to expand Medicaid in Georgia
The legislation, Senate Bill 50, would expand access to medical coverage to Georgians making less than 138% of the federal poverty limit and would request a waiver to do so from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services.
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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 a conservative-friendly option that gained traction last year after a decade of firm GOP resistance.
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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 Medicaid coverage — and this time, four Republicans have already signed on,
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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 some panic — among public and private organizations that rely on the money to fund programs aimed at everything from Meals on Wheels to solar power to cancer research.
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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 through the age of six, Gov. Brian Kemp announced.
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Georgia receives more than $1 million in multi-state Medicaid fraud settlement
ATLANTA, GA — An inpatient behavioral health system with facilities in metro Atlanta has reached a multi-million dollar, multi-state settlement over Medicare and Medicaid fraud.
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Gov. Brian 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 through the age of six, Gov. Brian Kemp announced Wednesday. Georgia Pathways, the limited Medicaid expansion the state launched in ...
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A judge paused a freeze on federal funding, but many facets of American life are left in limbo. Here's what we know
US District Judge Loren L. AliKhan’s stay temporarily blocked part of Trump’s plans, preventing the administration from pausing payments for open awards – those already granted by the federal government – through at least 5 p.m. ET Monday, February 3.
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What a federal freeze might hit in Georgia
The White House on Wednesday reversed in part its directive to freeze trillions in federal loans and grants, a day after a federal judge paused the sweeping spending edicts.
RFK Jr. denies CDC, 'Nazi death camps' comparison
Sen. Raphael Warnock put Robert F. Kennedy Jr. in the hot seat during RFK Jr.'s first senate committee hearing as President Trump's pick to the lead the Department of Health and Human Services. Warnock questioned Kennedy's alleged comments comparing the work of the Atlanta-based Centers for Disease Control (CDC) to that of Nazi death camps.