Georgia’s Medicaid Program: A Briefing for Community Leaders

This issue brief serves as a primer for policymakers, community leaders, and health care providers who will be assessing the benefits and costs of proposed changes, through a Section 1115 waiver, to Georgia’s Medicaid program. It provides basic facts on Georgia’s Medicaid program, explores key features of Section 1115 waivers, and poses questions for policymakers to consider when evaluating proposals to alter Georgia’s program.

 

Joan Alker is the Executive Director of the Center for Children and Families and a Research Professor at the Georgetown McCourt School of Public Policy.

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