STATE COSTS ENROLLMENT

State costs per enrollee of Pathways to Coverage program five times higher than state cost per enrollee of expanding Medicaid eligibility to adults earning less than 138% of federal poverty level without work or premium requirements (first two years would be net zero state costs).

Number of people who could enroll in first year of Pathways to Coverage program (based on FY 2024 budget allocation) almost ten times lower than number of people who could enroll in first year after expanding Medicaid eligibility to adults earning less than 138% of federal poverty level without work or premium requirements.

Source: GBPI analysis of data from Georgia’s 2024 Fiscal Year Budget (HB 19), signed by the Governor; 2019 fiscal note on Medicaid expansion; 2020 Pathways to Coverage approval from Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services.