Georgia is set to become the only state to have work requirements for Medicaid coverage.
Republican Gov. Brian Kemp’s reelection — and a surprising Biden administration decision not to appeal a federal court ruling — have freed the state to introduce its plan that would allow for a limited increase in the pool of low-income residents eligible for Medicaid.
“The best-case scenario is that some uninsured Georgians would get coverage for some amount of time,’’ said The rationale behind the White House decision not to appeal the court decision remains murky. A Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services spokesperson, Bruce Alexander, said “as a matter of policy, CMS does not comment on matters of litigation.”, a research professor at the Georgetown University McCourt School of Public Policy’s Center for Children and Families.
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