Georgia Health Report: New Medicaid work exemption requires proof of sickness

By Havivah Saltz

Published July 31, 2026 at 5:44 PM EDT

This week on the Georgia Health Report, we discuss a new exemption for Medicaid work requirements that will require Georgians to prove they're too sick to work—a rule that has physicians worried. WUGA's Havivah Saltz sits down with Sam Whitehead, a reporter with KFF Health News in Atlanta.

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Havivah Saltz

Havivah Saltz has been with WUGA since 2023 as an on-air host and the producer for African Perspectives. She got her start in radio on WOBC FM at Oberlin College (class of ‘23), and she’s also worked as an on-air host on Athens' Power 100.1 and Magic 102.1. She is currently the interim producer of Athens News Matters. Outside of work, you can find Havivah making art, writing fiction, practicing Japanese, petting her very round cat, and watching concerning amounts of TV.

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