In a recent interview, WABE asked Georgia Public Health Commissioner Brenda Fitzgerald if she’s for the proposed expansion of the state Medicaid system.
“I personally am not,” said Fitzgerald. ”I think that it will be a dire financial problem for Georgia.”
Since last month’s Supreme Court ruling on the Affordable Care Act, there’s been much speculation about whether Georgia will opt out of the law’s Medicaid expansion. If state leaders decide to expand, more than 600,000 Georgians will be newly eligible. The federal government would pay the full cost of the expansion for the first three years and 90 percent thereafter.
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