Georgia to take over health insurance market under new law

Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp signs a bill allowing a state health insurance marketplace into law at the state Capitol on Tuesday, May 2, 2023, in Atlanta. Georgia's state government will for the first time run its own marketplace for individual health insurance under the bill signed by Kemp. (AP Photo/Jeff Amy)

Georgia’s state government will for the first time run its own marketplace for individual health insurance under a law that Gov. Brian Kemp signed Tuesday.

The Republican governor said during a ceremony at the state Capitol that the law would create a better way of people “knowing and comparing their health care insurance options” and bring “further competition to the field.”

“Georgians know their needs and those of their families best,” he said.