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submitted 2 months ago by MicroWave@lemmy.world to c/news@lemmy.world

Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp Monday defended and doubled down on his signature Medicaid program — the only one in the nation with a work requirement — further dimming chances the state could adopt a broader expansion of the taxpayer-funded low-income health plan without a work mandate any time soon. 

Georgia Pathways requires all recipients to show that they performed at least 80 hours of work, volunteer activity, schooling or vocational rehabilitation in a month to qualify. It launched in July 2023, but has so far signed up a tiny fraction of eligible state residents.

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[-] xmunk@sh.itjust.works 37 points 2 months ago

It's fucking repulsive to force people who can't work to be ineligible for healthcare and there's a large segment of people who can't qualify for Medicare coverage that are physically or mentally unable to work without support or at all.

[-] WanderingVentra@lemm.ee 32 points 2 months ago

Wow this is fucking ghoulish. I've got a disabled friend who can barely walk or type from the pain in their body. Wtf are they supposed to do? Die?

[-] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 17 points 2 months ago

Yes, that's exactly what conservatives want your friend to do. They can't contribute meaningfully to the economy, so in the eyes of conservatives, their life has no value.

[-] WanderingVentra@lemm.ee 3 points 2 months ago

Thank goodness he doesn't live in Georgia, but I feel so sorry for the people over there in a similar situation =(

[-] SeaJ@lemm.ee 27 points 2 months ago
[-] sin_free_for_00_days@sopuli.xyz 12 points 2 months ago

"It's not a right if someone can take it away from you" - George Carlin

It should be though.

[-] Ranvier@sopuli.xyz 18 points 2 months ago

Absolutely despicable. How do these people sleep at night?

[-] QuincyPeck@lemmy.world 15 points 2 months ago

On a huge pile of money.

[-] Bonesince1997@lemmy.world 16 points 2 months ago

Some of that Christian love

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