Georgia’s Medicaid Work Requirement Blocks Its Most Vulnerable From Coverage — ProPublica

Georgia’s Medicaid Work Requirement Blocks Its Most Vulnerable From Coverage — ProPublica

This article was produced for ProPublica’s Local Reporting Network in partnership with The Current. Sign up for Dispatches to get stories like this one as soon as they are published. Reporting Highlights Price of Independence: Georgia’s experimental alternative to Medicaid expansion has cost taxpayers more than $86 million. Enrollment Shortfall: Only 6,500 participants have enrolled … Read more

Mental Health Coverage Denied? It May Be Because Your Insurer Said You Made Too Much or Too Little “Progress” — ProPublica

Mental Health Coverage Denied? It May Be Because Your Insurer Said You Made Too Much or Too Little “Progress” — ProPublica

This article discusses suicide. ProPublica is a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power. Sign up to receive our biggest stories as soon as they’re published. Reporting Highlights Progress Denials: Insurers use a patient’s improvement to justify denying mental health coverage. Providers Disagree: Therapists argue with insurers and the doctors they employ to continue covering … Read more