Georgia publicly touts its Medicaid experiment as a success. Numbers tell a different story. - The Current
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In January, Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp boasted that his experiment in Medicaid reform was a success, despite low enrollment numbers. Yet a report commissioned by the state and not yet publicly released suggested otherwise.
  • Price of Independence: Georgia’s experimental alternative to Medicaid expansion has cost taxpayers more than $86 million.
  • Enrollment Shortfall: Only 6,500 participants have enrolled in the first 18 months of the program — roughly 75% fewer than the state had estimated for year one.
  • Work Slowdown: The state found it difficult to verify that people are working to keep their benefits, so Georgia has gone from monthly checks to annual ones.
  • @Today
    5•3 days ago

    Does 75% fewer mean that only one fourth of the estimated number enrolled?

    • @[email protected]English
      4•3 days ago

      Worse. It took them a year and a half to get as many as they were expecting in a year.

      Edit: a year and a half to get a quarter as many as they were expecting in a year.

    • @Alexstarfire
      3•3 days ago

      Who knows. It’s a different time period.