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Wednesday, December 27th, 2023

Georgia offered Medicaid with a work requirement. Few have signed up.

Author:     MEGAN MESSERLY and ROBERT KING
Source:     Politico
Publication Date:     12/26/2023 | 05:00 AM EST
 Link: Georgia offered Medicaid with a work requirement. Few have signed up.
Stephan:  

Another sad tale of the inferiority of Republican governance. I don’t understand why Democrats don’t deal with this fact-based reality. It is so obvious and so easily objectively verified. Republicans just don’t make wellbeing a priority. Their only priority is to protect the interests of the uber rich who rent them.

Kemp expected 31,000 Georgians to sign up in the first year of the program, which started in July. Through four months, only 1,800 people enrolled. Credit: Elijah Nouvelage / Getty 

A GOP experiment forcing low-income people to work to qualify for public health insurance benefits is stumbling in Georgia.

The state’s Republican governor, Brian Kemp, expected 31,000 Georgians to sign up in the first year of the program, which started in July. Through four months, only 1,800 people enrolled — and critics blame the paltry expansion on an overly complex program with too many hurdles for people to clear.

“With such low enrollment numbers [in Georgia], it does feel a bit like that,” said Chris Pope, a senior fellow at the Manhattan Institute, a conservative think tank. “It’s a mountain of paperwork, and it’s burdensome for people who are in a tough spot.”

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