Medicaid Expansion Effort Narrowly Defeated in Georgia Senate Committee Hearing
Atlanta, Georgia – A last-minute proposal aiming to fully expand Medicaid was unexpectedly heard in a Senate committee on Thursday but was ultimately narrowly defeated, with the committee chairman, who allowed the hearing, making the deciding vote to set it aside. Negotiations also concluded on Thursday evening regarding a prominent health care bill that had the potential to include a full Medicaid expansion add-on. However, the bill ultimately ended at square one with the formation …