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Georgia Releases Revenues and Reserves Report for Fiscal Year 2026
+ Full article: Georgia Releases Revenues and Reserves Report for Fiscal Year 2026ATLANTA – October 26, 2026 – Today, Georgia’s State Accounting Office released its annual report on Revenues and Reserves for Fiscal Year (FY) 2026, which ended on June 30, 2026. In total, the state reported spending down $6.3 billion in General Fund Reserves, including $4.5 billion on Amended Fiscal Year (AFY) 2026 appropriations, $1.4 billion…
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Pathways to Coverage: Where Georgia’s Experiment with a Medicaid Work Requirement Stands after Three Years of Enrollment and Where it May be Going Next
+ Full article: Pathways to Coverage: Where Georgia’s Experiment with a Medicaid Work Requirement Stands after Three Years of Enrollment and Where it May be Going NextIn July 2023, Georgia launched the Pathways to Coverage program, which provides a new Medicaid option to uninsured adults who make low-incomes and can report working, going to school or engaging in other qualifying activities for at least 80 hours per month. The program generally covers most of the same medical services as traditional Medicaid,…
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I Can’t Afford to See You Anymore
+ Full article: I Can’t Afford to See You AnymoreThe following blog post is from Kreena Patel, MD, MPH who is a full-time primary care physician with experience serving a diverse patient population, including patients in metro Atlanta. Her perspective as a practicing physician can help inform the ongoing discussion around health care access and affordability, particularly for Georgians with low incomes. “I…
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