Georgia’s Medicaid work requirement program spent twice as much on administrative costs as on health care, GAO says

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Do 'work requirements' in Medicaid work? Georgia's been trying it for two years

Now that Republicans' big tax-and-spending bill has become law, there will be new bureaucratic hurdles for millions of Americans who rely on Medicaid. The new law contains a provision that in most ...
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Georgia’s Disastrous Medicaid Work Requirements

Georgia’s Republican governor, Brian Kemp, said that 345,000 people would enroll in the state’s Medicaid program, which has strict work requirements—so far just 5,118 have. In 2023, when Georgia ...
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Ga. Medicaid work mandate could hold lessons for Congress

ATLANTA, Ga. - Georgia’s experiment with a work requirement for Medicaid offers a test of a similar mandate Republicans in Congress want to implement nationally, and advocates say the results so far ...
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Georgia’s work requirement slows processing of applications for Medicaid, food stamps

Deegant Adhvaryu completed his parents’ applications for Medicaid and food benefits in June. Then the waiting and frustration began. In July, his parents, Haresh and Nina Adhvaryu, received a letter ...
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Bipartisan ‘Guest Worker’ bill filed to have immigrants work in GA, resolve labor shortages

ATLANTA — A bipartisan group of Georgia state lawmakers filed legislation to authorize the labor department to create a “guest worker” program to bring qualified immigrants in to work in areas that ...
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GA's Medicaid Work Requirement Program Spent Twice as Much on Administrative Costs as on Healthcare, GAO Says

Most of the tax dollars used to launch and implement the nation's only Medicaid work requirement program have gone toward paying administrative costs rather than covering health care for Georgians, ...