Rick Jackson's Medicaid 'pathway' lacks details; will it also lack expansion?
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Rick Jackson's Medicaid 'pathway' lacks details; will it also lack expansion?

Ariel Hart, writing for the Georgia Recorder and States' Newsrooms, covered the rollout of GOP gubernatorial candidate Rick Jackson's healthcare coverage initiative in a piece Ron reviewed.

Details are lacking while bluster and proclamations were offered in abundance.

He did say he'd be 'Trump with a southern accent,' though, so that shouldn't be a surprise.

On Trump, it's the 'One Big Beautiful Bill' he signed that makes the "Jackson Action Plan" really difficult a needle to thread.

Whereas forty other states - many of them GOP-led - took Affordable Care Act Medicaid subsidies to expand Medicaid to its poorest residents without stringent work requirements, Brian Kemp's "Pathways" program has spent more money on administrative costs than actual coverage. Is Jackson's "Action" plan more of the same?

That said, is there evidence of some areas even the "Jackson Plan" might improve the burden applicants go through just to apply? Again, details are murky, but the vow was made it would be. We'll see.

Or Keisha Lance Bottoms will win in November, and we'll know that Georgia will take the easier path forty other U.S. states have.

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Senator Jon Ossoff's latest rally in Athens over the weekend gave attendees more of that sharpened rhetoric he's become known for; the kind of rhetoric that's made him an early 2028 darling for another race not on his radar.

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GA Gubernatorial debate review, Part two

GA Gubernatorial debate review, Part two

Still more to digest from the (likely only) Georgia gubernatorial debate broadcast across the state Tuesday night. There's (at least) nine lies or distortions from Rick Jackson's lips to dissect, and ...

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GA Gubernatorial debate review, Part One

GA Gubernatorial debate review, Part One

Healthcare CEO Rick Jackson and former Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms squared off in what may likely be their only televised (or otherwise) debate. On Wednesday, I dove into a healthy chunk of tha...

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The un-Trumping of Rick Jackson | Keisha's law enforcement backers

The un-Trumping of Rick Jackson | Keisha's law enforcement backers

... and America's biggest threat to democracy is America's President. Don't believe me; ask local & state election officials.Well that's odd; the same Rick Jackson who told primary voters he'd be Dona...

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Another GA mass (shrug) shooting | 'Buckhead Dems' need a "talkin' to"

Another GA mass (shrug) shooting | 'Buckhead Dems' need a "talkin' to"

Ho hum; another mass shooting in the US takes the lives of two (hopefully that'll be all) and inuring nearly three dozen more in rural Vienna, Georgia over the weekend.The existence of a block party d...

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MAGA-packed state elections board's 11th hour schemes

MAGA-packed state elections board's 11th hour schemes

PLUS: Rick Jackson's shadowy TX data center project is as shadowy as that PAC ad campaign he swears he wasn't tied to before he got into the GOP primary.The Georgia Elections Board thought now was the...

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What does the MAGA DOJ need with your personal info?

What does the MAGA DOJ need with your personal info?

Also, why are Georgians pessimistic about the future? Could it be that the GOP's created a miserable 'current' for the middle class?Thank goodness there's still remnants of sanity in our legal system ...

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Missouri's Schmitt-head & his media 'safe space' epitomize "MAGA"

Missouri's Schmitt-head & his media 'safe space' epitomize "MAGA"

PLUS: Where's Geoff, Mike and ... Stacey?Former Biden DOJ special prosecutor Jack Smith was made to testify under oath before a Senate Judiciary committee hearing, and Missouri Senator Eric Schmitt (R...

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Rick Jackson isn't as 'self-made' a man as his TV ads want you to believe

Rick Jackson isn't as 'self-made' a man as his TV ads want you to believe

Georgia Humanities' President Mary McCartin Wearn wrote a salient op-ed for the Atlanta Journal Constitution that fills in a lot of gaps in Rick Jackson's made-for-TV (ads) autobiography. From Team Ja...

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