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Warnock questions RFK Jr.’s commitment to reducing health care costs in Georgia
Georgia U.S. Sen. Raphael Warnock will be voting no on the nomination of Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to lead the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. He says the candidate is manifestly unqualified ...
Chattanooga Times Free Press16h
Handful of rural Georgia Republicans join Democrats to give full Medicaid expansion another go
A handful of Senate Republicans from rural Georgia have signed onto a new bipartisan attempt to fully expand Medicaid through a conservative-friendly option that gained traction last year after a ...
Hospitals warn of closures, doctors leaving if Kemp’s bill over frivolous lawsuits doesn’t pass
ATLANTA — Hospitals are warning of more closures and of more doctors leaving the state if the legislature doesn’t pass Gov. Brian Kemp’s bill to overhaul Georgia’s legal system. Democrats insist only ...
Atlanta Journal-Constitution2d
Georgia Democrats push for Medicaid expansion, health care access
According to data from the Department of Community Health presented Wednesday, 6,514 people are currently enrolled in the Pathways program out of 246,365 estimated to be eligible. If Georgia were to ...
GOP senators sign on to Democrat-backed Medicaid expansion
Goodman, Hickman and Watson declined comment. Summers told 11Alive News that he has heard from constituents who can be served with Medicaid expansion and is motivated to protect rural hospitals, ...
Can 2 sides find common ground on expanding Medicaid in Ga.?
The bill would have Georgia expand Medicaid under the Affordable Care Act. They got four Republican senators signed onto the ...
Kennedy walks back anti-vaccine stance during Senate confirmation hearing
But Democrats homed in, with Sen. Ron Wyden of Oregon pointing out that Kennedy has previously claimed there's “no safe” ...
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Trump’s “Buyout” Offer for Federal Workers Is Already Backfiring
On Tuesday, the president announced that he’d be giving federal workers a choice: return to the office full-time or quit with ...
State senators, introduce bipartisan effort to expand Medicaid in Georgia
The legislation, Senate Bill 50, would expand access to medical coverage to Georgians making less than 138% of the federal poverty limit and would request a waiver to do so from the U.S. Department of ...
Atlanta Journal-Constitution3d
Here’s what we know – and don’t know – about Trump’s federal funding freeze in Georgia
A federal judge temporarily halted President Donald Trump’s order freezing trillions of dollars in federal grants and loans. But not before the sprawling plan had unleashed a wave of confusion — and ...