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Georgia officials say new federal Medicaid rules threaten state’s partial expansion program

  • Alander Rocha

Georgia health officials are asking the Trump administration for more funding for the state’s partial Medicaid expansion program because they say federal changes are expected to increase enrollment by about 100,000 people, raising the costs of the program. The Board of Community Health, which oversees Georgia’s Medicaid program, announced at its Thursday meeting that they […]

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Court ruling on care for people with disabilities fails without checks and transparency

  • Patricia D. Sanford

In 1999, the U.S. Supreme Court decided Olmstead v. L.C., holding that unjustified segregation of people with disabilities can violate the Americans with Disabilities Act. People should receive services in the most integrated setting appropriate to their needs. That principle is right. It should be enforced. But moving people out of large institutions does not […]