The Mississippi Hospital Association says a big new federal law could cause deeper financial problems for some hospitals in one of the poorest states in the nation.

Georgia's experience reveals the challenges and costs of imposing work requirements on Medicaid, which could affect millions if applied nationwide.

Dr. Dean Burke will become the next commissioner of Georgia’s Department of Community Health, succeeding Russel Carlson, who is moving to the private sector.

Georgia Department of Community Health’s advisory board approved three measures to increase Medicaid funding for hospitals in the state.

Gov. Brian Kemp has long advocated for Medicaid reform, arguing that the country should move away from government-run health care.

Dean Burke, a doctor and former state lawmaker, has been chosen to lead Georgia’s Department of Community Health, a state agency tasked with regulating health care facilities across the state and overseeing programs like Medicaid,

The Georgia Federation of Teachers wrote an official letter to Georgia Governor Brian Kemp asking for a special session to be called to discuss recent education funding withholding on July 8.

Georgia Lt. Gov. Burt Jones (R) launched his much-anticipated campaign for governor Tuesday, making him the second major Republican to make a run for term-limited Gov. Brian Kemp’s (R) job. “Lt. Gov.

ATLANTA - Lt. Gov. Burt Jones has launched his campaign to succeed Gov. Brian Kemp as the next governor of Georgia. Jones, a sixth-generation Georgian and business leader whose family made a fortune running and supplying gas stations, is the second major Republican to announce plans to run for the Republican nomination.

Georgia already has work requirements for its Pathways to Coverage program, a limited form of Medicaid expansion rolled out by Gov. Brian Kemp in 2023. Kemp has declined to expand Medicaid more broadly, fearing perhaps prophetically - that Congress would ...