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Georgia Health Report: Georgia Medicaid work requirements reapproved, despite watchdog report

Coming up on the Georgia Health Report. It came down to the wire, but federal officials approved a temporary extension of Georgia’s Medicaid work requirement program. Hosts Emma Auer and Sam Whitehead, a reporter for KFF Health News in Atlanta, explore recent findings from a nonpartisan government watchdog that the program spent twice as much on administration as it did on actual health benefits.

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.