Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp Monday defended and doubled down on his signature Medicaid program — the only one in the nation with a work requirement — further dimming chances the state could adopt a broader expansion of the taxpayer-funded low-income health plan without a work mandate any time soon.
Georgia Pathways requires all recipients to show that they performed at least 80 hours of work, volunteer activity, schooling or vocational rehabilitation in a month to qualify. It launched in July 2023, but has so far signed up a tiny fraction of eligible state residents.
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xmunk@sh.itjust.works · 37 pts · 2y
It's fucking repulsive to force people who can't work to be ineligible for healthcare and there's a large segment of people who can't qualify for Medicare coverage that are physically or mentally unable to work without support or at all.
WanderingVentra@lemm.ee · 32 pts · 2y
Wow this is fucking ghoulish. I've got a disabled friend who can barely walk or type from the pain in their body. Wtf are they supposed to do? Die?
FlyingSquid@lemmy.world · 17 pts · 2y
Yes, that's exactly what conservatives want your friend to do. They can't contribute meaningfully to the economy, so in the eyes of conservatives, their life has no value.
WanderingVentra@lemm.ee · 3 pts · 2y
Thank goodness he doesn't live in Georgia, but I feel so sorry for the people over there in a similar situation =(
SeaJ@lemm.ee · 27 pts · 2y
Healthcare is a right.
sin_free_for_00_days@sopuli.xyz · 12 pts · 2y
"It's not a right if someone can take it away from you" - George Carlin
It should be though.
Ranvier@sopuli.xyz · 18 pts · 2y
Absolutely despicable. How do these people sleep at night?
QuincyPeck@lemmy.world · 15 pts · 2y
On a huge pile of money.
Bonesince1997@lemmy.world · 16 pts · 2y
Some of that Christian love
MediaBiasFactChecker@lemmy.world · -1 pts · 2y
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