Georgia publicly touts its Medicaid experiment as a success. Numbers tell a different story. - The Current
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In January, Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp boasted that his experiment in Medicaid reform was a success, despite low enrollment numbers. Yet a report commissioned by the state and not yet publicly released suggested otherwise.

cross-posted from: https://ponder.cat/post/1693090

  • Price of Independence: Georgia’s experimental alternative to Medicaid expansion has cost taxpayers more than $86 million.
  • Enrollment Shortfall: Only 6,500 participants have enrolled in the first 18 months of the program — roughly 75% fewer than the state had estimated for year one.
  • Work Slowdown: The state found it difficult to verify that people are working to keep their benefits, so Georgia has gone from monthly checks to annual ones.
  • apfelwoiSchoppen@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    6 months ago

    Government services shouldn’t be profit centers. 13k (yeah I did the math) for patients with a lot of medical issues on Medicaid doesn’t sound bad to me. It actually sounds like public good.

    • grue@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
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      6 months ago

      Who said anything about “patients with a lot of medical issues?” That $13k is an average across all of them, including the healthy ones. For that, $13k is an absolutely insane amount to spend on healthcare (especially by worldwide standards instead of ridiculous American ones), insurance or not.