Georgia Gets Approval For Medicaid Work-Requirement Plan

Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp, left, and Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Administrator Seema Verma sign health care waivers at the state Capitol in Atlanta, Thursday, Oct. 15, 2020.

Updated Friday at 11:27 a.m.

Federal officials have approved part of Gov. Brian Kemp’s plan to reshape the health care landscape in Georgia.

The first part of Kemp’s plan would offer health coverage to people who make up to 100% of the federal poverty level and who work at least 80 hours a month starting July 1 of next year.