Budget Primer Health Justice Leah Chan Reports Georgia Health Budget Primer for State Fiscal Year 2024 June 27, 2023 / July 5, 2023 by Leah Chan Georgia’s 2024 Health Budget The Departments of Behavioral Health and Developmental Disabilities, Community Health and Public Health are the primary agencies focused on the state’s health care and public health systems. Georgia plans to provide $6.7 billion in state funds for these three agencies in the fiscal year (FY) 2024 budget year, or about 21 […] Read more » Access to Care Behavioral Health Budget Analysis Community Health Developmental Disabilities Disease Prevention federal funding FY 2024 Health Budget General Fund health coverage Health Priorities Health Spending Low-Income Georgians medicaid Medicaid Expansion mental health Pathways to Coverage Public Health Retention State Funds Substance Use Disorders Workforce Recruitment
GBPI In The News Politico: Georgia’s Medicaid is on lawmakers’ minds June 20, 2023 / July 12, 2023 by Anthony Hill ALL EYES ON GEORGIA’S MEDICAID — Georgia is set to become the first state in five years to add work requirements to Medicaid, a move likely to be scrutinized amid a national debate over the issue, POLITICO’s Robert King reports. On July 1, the state will launch the Georgia Pathways to Coverage program, which offers […] Read more » health-care medicaid Medicaid Expansion Pathways to Coverage
GBPI In The News WABE: First batch of Georgians lose Medicaid, PeachCare for Kids during ‘unwinding’ June 12, 2023 / July 12, 2023 by Anthony Hill The Georgia Department of Community Health reports at least 1,581 Georgians on Medicaid are losing their health insurance during the so-called Medicaid unwinding that is now underway across the country. For months, health advocates have sounded the alarm that many who remain eligible for coverage could be cut off for avoidable problems, such as missing […] Read more » health-care Medicaid Expansion medicaid unwinding PeachCare
GBPI In The News Guest Column: Gen Z Among the Groups to Experience Massive Loss of Healthcare Coverage April 6, 2023 / May 1, 2023 by Anthony Hill Thanks to a pandemic-era federal policy, all states, including Georgia, have suspended annual renewals since early 2020 and kept their Medicaid-eligible population enrolled in coverage. The end of this Medicaid continuous enrollment is known as the ‘Medicaid unwinding’. Starting in April, Georgia has 14 months to re-determine the eligibility of all 2.7 million children and […] Read more » Medicaid Expansion medicaid unwinding Op-Ed
GBPI In The News 2.7 million Georgians must recertify for Medicaid, Peachcare after April 1 March 30, 2023 / May 1, 2023 by Anthony Hill Three years ago, in March 2020, as the pandemic began, Congress authorized emergency funding bill that allowed millions of Americans to keep their Medicaid coverage without having to get re-certified every year. The goal was to prevent Medicaid recipients from losing coverage during the public health emergency. Since the policy went into effect, Leah Chan, […] Read more » medicaid Medicaid Expansion medicaid unwinding PeachCare
GBPI In The News New poll shows Georgians support Medicaid expansion, increasing education funding February 3, 2023 / May 1, 2023 by Anthony Hill A new poll shows Georgians support using some of the state’s record surplus to improve social services by expanding Medicaid and increasing funding for education. The Georgia Budget and Policy Institute (GBPI), a left-leaning think tank in Atlanta, commissioned the poll of 1,099 Georgians through the University of Georgia’s School of Public and International Affairs. […] Read more » Medicaid Expansion pathways work requirements
GBPI In The News GBPI says full Medicaid expansion is more fiscally responsible than Georgia’s waiver plan January 24, 2023 / May 1, 2023 by Anthony Hill The state legislature has a $6.6 billion surplus heading into the next fiscal year, and the Georgia Budget and Policy Institute says a lot more resources are being directed at the governor’s Medicaid expansion plan. Gov. Brian Kemp’s plan adds eligibility for Medicaid coverage to Georgians earning less than $12,000 a year, but only if […] Read more » Medicaid Expansion pathways work requirements
Fact Sheets Health Justice Leah Chan Money Matters: Comparing the Costs of Full Medicaid Expansion to the Pathways to Coverage Program January 11, 2023 / February 22, 2023 by Leah Chan Updated February 22, 2023: In the October 2020 Pathways to Coverage approval letter, it was estimated that the program would cover about 31,000 Georgians in the first year and 64,000 Georgians at full enrollment. In December 2022, the Department of Community Health estimated that up to 100,000 Georgians could enroll in the first […] Read more » 1115 waiver Affordable Care Act health health coverage health insurance health-care medicaid Medicaid Expansion
GBPI In The News How Georgia’s new Medicaid work requirement program will work January 6, 2023 / May 1, 2023 by Anthony Hill After years of legal wrangling, the countdown to the July 1, 2023, launch date of Georgia’s Medicaid work requirements program is underway. The new plan – officially called Pathways to Coverage – will require enrollees to complete 80 hours of work, education, job training, or community service per month to get Medicaid health insurance. Once […] Read more » Medicaid Expansion pathways work requirements
Fact Sheets Health Justice Leah Chan Getting the Green Light for Health Care: An Update on Efforts to Get More Georgians Covered August 31, 2022 / January 10, 2023 by Leah Chan Updated January 10, 2023: In August 2022, a federal judge in Georgia cleared the way for the Pathways Coverage program to proceed. The federal government opted not to make an appeal during the 60-day window, and in October 2022, the Department of Community Health announced that it was moving forward with planning for […] Read more » 1115 waiver 1332 waiver Affordable Care Act health health coverage health insurance health-care medicaid Medicaid Expansion
