Is Jackson’s ‘Intelligent Medicaid Expansion’ weak tea – or a revolutionary fix?
A high-stakes mystery is unfolding in the Georgia governor’s race, potentially affecting health insurance for hundreds of thousands of Georgians. Republican gubernatorial nominee Rick Jackson released a major policy announcement last week supporting “intelligent Medicaid expansion.” But Medicaid expansion to all a state’s poor is no longer possible under President Donald Trump’s new One Big, […]
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