GBPI In The News More than 63,000 Georgia kids lost Medicaid access to doctor last month snared in red tape July 31, 2023 / August 9, 2023 by Anthony Hill Children accounted for about two-thirds of the nearly 96,000 Georgians who lost their Medicaid coverage last month as part of the nationwide unwinding of a pandemic-era federal policy. And most of the children – 63,481 of them – had their health insurance terminated for procedural reasons, according to information provided by the state Department of […] Read more » CHIP health-care medicaid medicaid unwinding
GBPI In The News Nearly 100,000 low-income Georgians lost Medicaid health coverage last month July 13, 2023 / July 31, 2023 by Anthony Hill More Georgians who went through the Medicaid unwinding process last month lost their coverage than kept it, with nearly 100,000 people dropped from the public health insurance program in just one month, according to new state data released Wednesday. The people who went through Medicaid redetermination last month represent the largest group yet to go […] Read more » CHIP health-care medicaid medicaid unwinding
Fact Sheets Health Justice Inclusive Economy for Immigrants Laura Harker Five-Year Waiting Period Is a Barrier to Immigrant Health Care Access October 21, 2019 / May 19, 2020 by Laura Harker | 1 Comment on Five-Year Waiting Period Is a Barrier to Immigrant Health Care Access Before 2017, the national uninsured rate for children declined for nearly 10 years; however, the share of uninsured children suddenly increased that year (the most recent year available). In Georgia, the number of children without health insurance increased by 21,000. There are many reasons that progress to covering more children has stalled, including cuts to […] Read more » CHIP health immigrants immigration medicaid PeachCare
