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Georgia Health Initiative: Medicaid covers 2.3 million Georgians and accounts for 22% of state budget; managed-care changes ahead
Summary
Georgia Health Initiative presented a data-driven overview showing Medicaid covers about 2.3 million Georgians, finances nearly half of births, covers the majority of nursing-home residents and represents roughly 22% of the state budget; new managed-care contracts are scheduled to begin in mid‑2026.
Cindy Zeldin, vice president for health policy and government affairs at the Georgia Health Initiative, presented the organization's new Medicaid-in-Georgia analysis and told the Senate Health committee that Medicaid currently provides coverage to about 2,300,000 Georgians.
"Medicaid is a joint state federal program that provides health coverage to, 2,300,000 Georgians, including more than 2 in 5 children in Georgia," Zeldin said. She told members Medicaid finances nearly half of…
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