Janesville Gazette16h
Georgia health plan would not cover gender-affirming care under bill that clears Senate
The latest in a series of bills aimed at transgender people cleared the Georgia Senate on Tuesday, marking the first time the state Legislature has moved to restrict ...
Georgia Senate bill would cut funding for adult gender-affirming care, but it may have cloudy future
Georgia’s state Senate has passed a bill that would cut off public funding for gender affirming care for adults. But the ...
The Valdosta Daily Times4d
Medicaid expansion in Georgia drawing interest from long-opposed Republicans
Advocates seeking health insurance for more low-income Georgians are encouraged that Medicaid expansion is starting to draw ...
Center on Budget and Policy Priorities7d
Medicaid Work Requirements Could Put 36 Million People at Risk of Losing Health Coverage
[11] Georgia, one of ten states that has not adopted the Affordable Care Act’s (ACA) Medicaid expansion, is the latest state to apply Medicaid work requirements. Unlike other states that added work ...
savannahbusinessjournal14d
Opinion: GCDD urges Georgia's disability community to act as congress considers cuts to medicaid and SSI
is urging Georgia’s disability community to speak out about the possibility of Congress making cuts to Medicaid and changes to Social Security Income (SSI), services that Georgians, including ...
The Caledonian Record15d
Head Start and Medicaid providers hit glitches as Trump freezes federal money
WASHINGTON (AP) — As President Donald Trump paused federal grants and loans in a far-reaching directive, early childhood education centers and states discovered Tuesday they could no longer ...
verywellhealth19d
The Medicaid Look Back Period Can Delay Nursing Home Coverage
About 1.4 million Americans live in nursing homes, but how do they pay for it? The majority—nearly two-thirds of all nursing home residents—rely on Medicaid to foot the bill. But getting approved for ...
Daily Journal21d
Georgia Tech ends 4-game losing skid at Virginia Tech's expense
Duncan Powell scored a season-high 23 points, helping lead Georgia Tech to a 71-64 win over visiting Virginia Tech in Atlantic Coast Conference play on Wednesday in Atlanta. Javian McCollum added ...
The New York Times21d
Key Trump Nominee Hints at Push for Work Requirements in Medicaid
Georgia, which has prevailed over legal challenges, is the lone state to operate them in Medicaid, but its program has been plagued by dysfunction and low enrollment. Democrats in the Wednesday ...
The Hill21d
Advocates launch Medicaid defense
Liberal advocacy groups are ramping up efforts to protect the Medicaid program from potential cuts by Republican lawmakers and the new Trump administration. The Democratic group Protect Our Care ...
Yahoo21d
CLOSURES: What GA school districts are canceling, going virtual, releasing early for winter weather?
Parts of the Southeast are bracing for another winter storm that will move through Tuesday. Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp declared a statewide State of Emergency ahead of the winter storm. Dozens of ...
The Washington Post22d
Democrats move to protect Medicaid, wary of Trump’s looming changes
Liberal lawmakers and advocates are moving to shield the Medicaid program from potential cuts under the Trump administration, pledging to resist major changes to the safety-net health program that ...