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Cover Georgia Community Update |  Women’s History Month: Stories from Georgia’s Coverage Gap

This Month in Health Advocacy Women are the backbone of families, workplaces, and communities across Georgia. They are caregivers, essential workers, students, and small business owners who keep their households and neighborhoods running. But too many women in Georgia are still locked out of the health care they need. This Women’s History Month, Cover Georgia is highlighting the thousands of women stuck in Georgia’s coverage gap, working hard, caring for loved ones, and still unable

Anthony Hill March 19, 2026

Cover Georgia Community Update | February 2026

This Month in Health Advocacy Imagine being turned away from a doctor, not because care wasn’t available, but because you couldn’t afford it. For hundreds of thousands of Georgians, that isn’t a hypothetical. It’s their everyday reality, and it’s why the work of Cover Georgia exists. This month, as we celebrate Black History Month, we are reminded that the fight for health care access has deep roots. From the abolition movement to the Civil Rights

Georgians for a Healthy Future February 27, 2026

Georgia’s Comprehensive Health Coverage Commission meets again, but avoids the hard questions as coverage losses loom

The Comprehensive Health Coverage Commission (CHCC) met on Wednesday, October 22, 2025, for the first time in nearly a year. The commission was created to explore solutions for closing Georgia’s health insurance coverage gap and to recommend ways the state could expand access to affordable care. But despite that mission, there has been little progress in advancing actionable solutions, even as Georgia’s coverage challenges have deepened and the health policy landscape has continued to change.

Georgians for a Healthy Future October 30, 2025

Want to Make a Difference in Your Community? Become a Coverage Captain.

Be the solution: Become a Cover Georgia Coverage Captain and bridge the health insurance coverage gap in Georgia.  Thousands of Georgians are stuck in the coverage gap Imagine not being able to go to the doctor when you’re sick, skipping prescriptions because they’re too expensive, or ignoring a health problem because you simply can’t afford care. That’s the reality for too many Georgians caught in our state’s health coverage gap — people who make too

Georgians for a Healthy Future August 20, 2025

Left Behind: The Women in Georgia’s Coverage Gap

Women’s History Month Spotlight: The Stories of Georgia Women in the Coverage Gap In Georgia, women are the backbone of families, communities, and our economy. They are mothers, caregivers, essential workers, and small business owners. They are the ones who often put others first—making sure their children get to doctor’s appointments, their aging parents take their medications, and their neighbors have a meal when times are tough. But what happens when the women holding everything

Georgians for a Healthy Future March 20, 2025

Action needed: Pathways Waiver Renewal Public Comment Opportunity

The Georgia Department of Community Health (DCH) has submitted a waiver extension request for the Pathways to Coverage program. The proposed changes still leave thousands of Georgians uninsured and without an option for health coverage, including: Pathways has struggled to meet its goals of meaningfully increasing access to care for low-income Georgians, enrolling only 6,500 participants in a year and a half. That is just 3% of those who would benefit from full Medicaid expansion.

Georgians for a Healthy Future February 3, 2025
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CHCC Meeting Recap: Framework for Exploring Coverage Solutions Introduced

On Thursday, November 14th, Georgia’s Comprehensive Health Coverage Commission (CHCC) held its 3rd meeting of the year. The CHCC was created by the Georgia legislature earlier this year to study the state’s health care coverage programs and identify opportunities to improve access and coverage for low-income and uninsured Georgians. The Commission is scheduled to deliver its initial report to the General Assembly on December 1st of this year. Missed the first 2 meetings? Catch up

Anthony Hill November 19, 2024

Georgia’s Uninsured Workers Need Our Help

Georgia is one of 12 states that has not yet taken up Medicaid expansion, denying hundreds of thousands of working adults access to quality, affordable health care. If the state expanded Medicaid coverage, approximately 452,600 uninsured adults, or 39 percent of the state’s uninsured adult population, could gain health insurance. Thanks to a new report from our partners at Georgetown University Center for Children and Families, we know that 44 percent of those working without

Georgians for a Healthy Future May 4, 2021

New federal incentives make Medicaid expansion a deal too good to pass up

Our state leaders have a new opportunity to support the health of Georgians across the state! Under the recently passed American Rescue Plan, Georgia is eligible to receive a sizable financial payment for finally expanding Medicaid. Medicaid expansion would bring peace of mind to more than 500,000 adults with low incomes who are uninsured or struggling to afford health coverage. This is a deal too good to pass up!    Through the American Rescue Plan, Georgia is eligible to

Georgians for a Healthy Future March 15, 2021

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