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As the federal public health emergency declaration prompted by COVID-19 expires, Georgia has until next May to figure out who is eligible for coverage. State to ‘redetermine’ Medicaid coverage ...
Medicaid is a government program in the United States that provides health insurance for adults and children with limited income and resources. The program is partially funded and primarily managed by state governments, which also have wide latitude in determining eligibility and benefits, but the federal government sets baseline standards for state Medicaid programs and provides a significant ...
In 1997, the United States Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) began the State Children's Health Insurance Program (SCHIP) to cover children from families whose incomes are low but too high for Medicaid. PeachCare for Kids was founded in 1999 as Georgia's SCHIP. As of 2009, an average of 1.4 million Georgians are enrolled.
As initially passed, the ACA was designed to provide universal health care in the U.S.: those with employer-sponsored health insurance would keep their plans, those with middle-income and lacking employer-sponsored health insurance could purchase subsidized insurance via newly established health insurance marketplaces, and those with low-income would be covered by the expansion of Medicaid.
The state didn't comply with federal rules for an extension, so the Biden administration legally rejected its request to extend the Georgia Pathways to Coverage program's expiration date from ...
Should the GOP reduce extra federal Medicaid funding, more than 3 million adults in nine states would be at immediate […] 9 states poised to end coverage for millions if Trump cuts Medicaid ...
Logo of the Department of Health and Human Services. The Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP) – formerly known as the State Children's Health Insurance Program (SCHIP) – is a program administered by the United States Department of Health and Human Services that provides matching funds to states for health insurance to families with children. [1]
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