Georgia’s Medicaid Work Requirements Cost Taxpayers $26M Despite Low Enrollment

Only about 3,500 people have signed up, whereas expanding Medicaid could see over 359,000 uninsured people get coverage.

Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp’s plan for a conservative alternative to Obamacare’s Medicaid expansion has cost taxpayers at least $26 million so far, with more than 90% going toward administrative and consulting costs rather than medical care for low-income people. Kemp’s Georgia Pathways to Coverage offers government health insurance to people earning up to the federal poverty level — $15,060...

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