Could Georgia Consider Work Requirements For Medicaid?

According to the National Academy for State Health Policy, the agency has approved the requirements in nine states. Georgia could be the next to submit such a request.

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Should people who receive health insurance coverage through Medicaid be required to work?

It’s a question Georgia policy makers are likely to engage with as they prepare waivers to tweak the state’s Medicaid program.

Georgia officials awarded consulting firm Deloitte a nearly $2 million contract this week to help develop those waivers, and the company appears very interested in promoting work requirements as part of Georgia Medicaid.