KFF Health News

- Medicaid
Georgia’s work requirement slows processing of applications for Medicaid, food stamps
- Health Disparities
Extended-stay hotels, a growing option for lower-income families, can lead to health issues for Georgia kids
- Gun Violence
A teen’s murder, mold in the walls: Unfulfilled promises haunt public housing
- Health Care
Inside the political fight to build a rural Georgia hospital
- Hospitals
Bipartisan effort paves way for reviving shuttered hospitals in Georgia
- Abortion
Abortion bans in Georgia and other states are repelling the nation's future doctors
- Medicaid
Georgia’s Medicaid work requirements costing taxpayers millions despite low enrollment
- Women's Health
A striking gap between deaths of Black and white babies plagues the South
- Health Care
Reentry programs to help former prisoners obtain health care are often underused
- Mental Health
Unmet needs: Critics cite failures in health care for vulnerable foster children

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