Medicaid Expansion Bill Gains Bipartisan Support In Georgia From Four GOP Senators
State senators, introduce bipartisan effort to expand Medicaid in Georgia
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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 fully expand Medicaid, nearly 300,000 Georgians would gain health coverage, according to the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation.
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Hugley and Senate Minority Leader Harold Jones have joined together to push Senate Bill 50 through the legislative process. The bill would have Georgia expand Medicaid under the Affordable Care Act. They got four Republican senators signed onto the measure: Sen. Russ Goodman, Sen. Billy Hickman, Sen. Carden Summers and Sen. Sam Watson.
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North Carolina was the 40th state to expand Medicaid under the Affordable Care Act. Lambeth said lawmakers in some of the holdout states have been impressed with North Carolina’s decision to pass expansion with a provision to create a workforce development program for beneficiaries.
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Democrats in the Georgia Senate have attracted support of a handful of Republicans in their quest to expand Medicaid access in the state.
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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, including Crisp Regional Hospital in his hometown of Cordele.
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