Georgia’s Medicaid Work Requirements: A Troubled Blueprint as Waiver Deadline Looms
Georgia’s Medicaid Work Requirements: A Troubled Blueprint as Waiver Deadline Looms Georgia’s two-year experiment with Medicaid work requirements, often seen as a precursor to upcoming federal mandates, continues to face significant challenges and scrutiny as its federal waiver approaches a September 2025 expiration. Despite being the only state with an active system requiring low-income adults to report monthly work, school, or volunteer hours to maintain health coverage, Georgia’s ‘Pathways to Coverage’ program has been plagued by bureaucratic hurdles, red tape,…