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Warnock questions RFK Jr.’s commitment to reducing health care costs in Georgia
Georgia U.S. Sen. Raphael Warnock will be voting no on the nomination of Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to lead the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. He says the candidate is manifestly unqualified ...
Hospitals warn of closures, doctors leaving if Kemp’s bill over frivolous lawsuits doesn’t pass
ATLANTA — Hospitals are warning of more closures and of more doctors leaving the state if the legislature doesn’t pass Gov. Brian Kemp’s bill to overhaul Georgia’s legal system. Democrats insist only ...
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Georgia Democrats push for Medicaid expansion, health care access
According to data from the Department of Community Health presented Wednesday, 6,514 people are currently enrolled in the Pathways program out of 246,365 estimated to be eligible. If Georgia were to ...
More than 1.5M enroll in Georgia health care exchange
More than 1.5 million Georgians enrolled in the state's new health care exchange, Insurance Commissioner John King said.
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, ...
Can 2 sides find common ground on expanding Medicaid in Ga.?
The bill would have Georgia expand Medicaid under the Affordable Care Act. They got four Republican senators signed onto the ...
What we can VERIFY about whether the federal funding freeze affects Medicaid
The White House confirmed the website for Medicaid payments was down a day after announcing a pause on federal grants and ...
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Trump freeze on federal grants and loans paused: What we know and don't know
The freeze – which could resume later – has left organizations and government agencies on the local, state and federal levels ...
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Trump’s “Buyout” Offer for Federal Workers Is Already Backfiring
On Tuesday, the president announced that he’d be giving federal workers a choice: return to the office full-time or quit with ...
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 ...