Only about 3,500 people have signed up, whereas expanding Medicaid could see over 359,000 uninsured people get coverage.
Gov. Brian Kemp speaks at a rally at the Cobb County International Airport in Kennesaw, Georgia, on November 7, 2022.Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp’s plan for a conservative alternative to Obamacare’s Medicaid expansion has cost taxpayers at least $26 million so far, with more than 90% going toward administrative and consulting costs rather than medical care for low-income people.
The Pathways program is “fiscally foolish and anti-family,” said Joan Alker, executive director and co-founder of Georgetown University’s Center for Children and Families. She noted that full-time caregiving does not qualify someone for eligibility into the program. “A lot of taxpayer money has been wasted,” she said, “and not on health care for people who need it.
Chris Denson, director of policy and research at the conservative Georgia Public Policy Foundation, which supports Pathways, said the low enrollment numbers are “just part of the ramping up.” The total costs do not include legal fees for defending the Pathways program. The state attorney general’s office said that as of Feb. 7 those costs surpass $230,000.
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