Report: Georgia Pathways spending twice as much on admin costs as health care

As data shows, Georgia has one of the highest rates of uninsured adults in the nation. Georgia is also among the states that rejected federal Medicaid funding. As an alternative, state leaders created the Georgia Pathways to Coverage program.

However, a new report by the U.S. Government Accountability Office shows that a large portion of taxpayer dollars is being spent to cover administrative costs for the program — twice as much as health care costs.

According to the report, since 2021 to April of this year, $26.1 million have been spent on health care costs, while $54.2 million have been spent on administrative costs. On Wednesday’s edition of “Closer Look,” Margaret Coker, co-founder and editor in chief at The Current, talked with show host Rose Scott about her coverage of the GAO report, plus the past and present state of health care in Georgia.