Brian Kemp's new health plan for low-income adults has enrolled only 1,343 people through the end of September about three months after launching, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports.
The Georgia Department of Community Health has projected up to 100,000 people could eventually benefit from Georgia Pathways to Coverage.
But the nation’s only Medicaid program that makes recipients meet a work requirement is off to a very slow start.
In addition to imposing a work requirement, Pathways limits coverage to able-bodied adults earning up to 100% of the poverty line — $14,580 for a single person or $30,000 for a family of four.
State officials and supporters of Pathways say the work requirement will also help transition Medicaid recipients to better, private health insurance, and argue that working, studying or volunteering leads to improved health.
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