The state’s limited Medicaid expansion with work requirements, dubbed Georgia Pathways to Coverage, began July 1. About 3,500 people have signed up for the program, a far cry from the state’s projection that 25,000 residents would enroll in the first year, according to the report.
Consulting firm Deloitte was paid $2.4 million to prepare and submit the program’s application to the federal government and as of Dec. 31, only $2 million was paid to insurers to cover medical care. In the fourth quarter of 2023, administrative costs increased by more than $6 million, according to KFF Health News.
Under the Pathways program, enrollees earning up to the federal poverty level — with some exceptions — must complete 80 hours of work, job training, education or community service per month to receive coverage.
