

Commentary: Expand coverage, but don’t tie it to employment
The Pulse January 25, 2018 Andy Miller 0

After years of Georgia rejecting expansion of Medicaid, there has been increasing political talk about the state pursuing a federal waiver to give health insurance to more people.

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At the same time, though, requiring that Medicaid beneficiaries work to retain their coverage has picked up momentum nationally, with the Trump administration allowing Kentucky to pursue that switch.
Laura Colbert, executive director of Georgians for a Healthy Future, a consumer group, wades into both issues in a new GHN Commentary.
She cites Georgia’s high uninsured rate, the opioid epidemic, and the financial struggles of rural hospitals in calling for the state to expand coverage. But she is opposed to “tethering Medicaid eligibility to employment.”
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