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PeachCare for Kids health insurance program takes hit, too, as disenrollment surges in wake of pandemic Georgia reportedly drops 300,000 children from Medicaid. Report fears many are uninsured
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.
Most children disenrolled from Medicaid are likely still eligible, researchers say, but have had their coverage revoked due to procedural red tape. Georgia removes 300,000 children from Medicaid ...
Georgia has already cut more than 170,000 adults and kids from Medicaid and is expected to remove thousands more as the yearlong review of all 2.7 million Medicaid recipients in the state continues.
The program was supposed to launch in 2021, but the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services objected to the work requirement that February and later revoked it. Georgia sued and a federal judge reinstated the work mandate in 2022. As of June 7, 2024, Pathways had 4,318 members, according to the Georgia Department of Community Health.
Georgia is now the only state in the US to implement work requirements in its Medicaid program – a feat many Republican lawmakers nationwide will be closely monitoring.
Peachtree, peach tree or variations may refer to: Peach, the fruit-bearing tree, ... Peachtree Corners, Georgia, a northern suburb of Atlanta; Transportation places
It accepted patients on Medicaid and state insurance plans and patients who did "self-pay". They did not accept private insurance. [2] In 2007, it had 10 clinics in Georgia. [8] Around that year, it served 71,000 children annually at its Georgia clinics. [9] In 2008, the chain had about 40 clinics in seven U.S. states. [10]