The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
By: Ariel Hart
A bill to allow the governor to design “waivers” that may expand access to health insurance for poor and middle-class Georgians passed the state Senate on Tuesday.
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The other is the hiccup for the poor who fall between 100 percent and 138 percent of the poverty level. They would still be allowed to obtain coverage on the ACA exchange with big subsidies as they are now. But they have small co-pays and would have only six weeks a year to enroll. “Premiums and co-pays are great barriers to care for low-income people,” said Joan Alker, the executive director of Georgetown University’s Center for Children and Families.
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