Georgia Health Coverage Commission Begins Work
A newly created state commission looking for ways to improve health-care access and quality for low-income uninsured Georgians held its kickoff meeting Thursday.
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The panel includes a broad range of health-care executives, academics, and advocates from across the state.
"There's no silver bullet that will solve all of our issues,"
The commission received a briefing on the current status of Georgia Medicaid, a joint state and federal program that serves low-income families, pregnant women, children, newborns and aged, blind, and disabled adults.
About 2.3 million Georgians are enrolled in either Medicaid or PeachCare for Kids. Enrollment peaked at 3.1 million during the covid pandemic but has declined since the covid-related public health emergency ended in May of last year.
The federal government prohibited disenrolling any Medicaid recipients for three years after COVID-19 struck the nation four years ago. When the public health emergency ended, states went through a "redetermination" process to reassess eligibility for those on Medicaid.
"Medicaid is really the safety-net program for those who have no other options," Noggle said.
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"We are not relying on one method of engagement," King said. "We're spending a lot of time on the education piece."
The law that created the commission gave it two years to make recommendations.
Noggle said she would like the panel to meet every four to six weeks. Its first interim report is due
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