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Broken Pathways

How a Medicaid Work Requirement Program Fails Georgians

Caught up in technical glitches and red tape, thousands of low-income Georgians have given up on trying to get free health care under Pathways to Coverage, which is supposed to provide Medicaid benefits to adults who can prove they are working, studying or volunteering.

3 stories published since 2025

He Became the Face of Georgia’s Medicaid Work Requirement. Now He’s Fed Up With It.

by Margaret Coker, The Current,

The Firm Running Georgia’s Struggling Medicaid Experiment Was Also Paid Millions to Sell It to the Public

by Margaret Coker, The Current,

Georgia Touts Its Medicaid Experiment as a Success. The Numbers Tell a Different Story.

by Margaret Coker, The Current,

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