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Georgia Health Report: How the Big Beautiful Bill likely will not deliver promises to Medicaid expansion hold outs

Today on the Georgia Health Report, Republican lawmakers in states including Georgia have long argued that the decision to refuse the Affordable Care Act’s Medicaid expansion would pay off in the long run.

Lawmakers in DC had a chance to reward GOP-led states for their conservative approach to growing government programs in their Big Budget Bill. But … they didn’t.

WUGA's Emma Auer sits down with Sam Whitehead of KFF Health News to discuss the fallout in states that refused to expand Medicaid but will still face impacts as the bill goes into effect.

Emma Auer is an award-winning reporter who joined WUGA as a full-time producer in 2024. She is also a graduate student in UGA's Romance Languages Department, studying French and Spanish. She covers the breadth of Northeast Georgia stories, from Athens City Hall to Winterville farmers' markets. Emma's work has also been heard on Georgia Public Broadcasting.