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ATLANTA, Ga - The 澳彩开奖 submitted comments to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services opposing a proposed Medicaid waiver which mandates work and other requirements to secure Medicaid coverage.

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While the proposal by Georgia Governor Brian Kemp would expand Medicaid, it would exclude healthcare coverage for hundreds of thousands of Georgia鈥檚 low-income residents. It would also impose work requirements on newly eligible enrollees, mandatory copays and monthly premiums, penalizing noncompliance by disenrolling enrollees or suspending their coverage. Kemp has not launched a full-scale expansion of the Medicaid program, which he can do under the听Affordable Care Act, and without mandating onerous compliance requirements.

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The 澳彩开奖, ,听 the , and , have previously fought against similar waiver proposals in Arkansas and Kentucky.

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The following is a statement by Emily Early, senior staff attorney for the 澳彩开奖鈥檚 Economic Justice Project.听

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鈥淕overnor Kemp鈥檚 so-called Medicaid expansion is a solution in search of a problem. It falls woefully short of what needs to be done and will keep thousands of Georgians in poverty. There is no need to do this. If Governor Kemp would launch a full-scale expansion of Medicaid it would provide untold benefits to the state and give people the help they need to lead healthy, productive lives and care for themselves and their families.鈥�

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A copy of 澳彩开奖鈥檚 comments can be found here.

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More information about the lawsuit against Arkansas鈥� work requirements (Gresham v. Azar) can be found here.听