Georgia Medicaid: The Medicaid Project, Georgia Medicaid Eligibility, Help, Assistance

Georgia Medicaid; Medicaid GA; Medicaid in Georgia

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Georgia Medicaid Eligibility; How to get Medicaid in Georgia

Eligibility information at Georgia Department of Community Health
Eligibility for major coverage groups within Georgia Medicaid. Guidelines provide general income criteria that are used in part to determine a person's eligibility for Georgia Medicaid programs and services.

Updated eligibility limits for 2006 (pdf file)
2006 Financial Limits – All Programs

WorkWorld - Georgia GA Medicaid Overview
"To qualify for Medicaid, an individual must meet certain eligibility criteria. In Georgia, there are over twenty different coverage categories of Medicaid, known as classes of assistance, and each one has its own set of eligibility criteria."

Georgia Medicaid Help & Publications

Information from varied resources about Medicaid in Georgia

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Medicaid brochure or publication:
Your Medicare Rights and Protections

source: U.S. DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
44pp languages: English
Fairly detailed explanations and descriptions about your Medicare rights and protections.

Medicaid brochure or publication:
GEORGIA MEDICAID FACTS

source:AMERICAN ACADEMY OF PEDIATRICS
file size: 43pg. languages: English
Introduction to Georgia Medicaid, with answers to questions like "What is medicaid?" and "How is Medicaid different from Medicare?" with facts pertaining to Georgia residents.

Medicaid brochure or publication:
Understanding Medicaid

source:Georgia Department of Community Health
file size: 30pg. languages: English
A handbook to help you understand how the Medicaid program works, and whether the program can help you and your family.

Medicaid brochure or publication:
Georgia’s Medicaid Program: A Briefing for Community Leaders

source: Healthcare Georgia Foundation
file size: 4 pg. languages: English
"A primer for policymakers, community leaders, and health care providers who will be assessing the benefits and costs of changes to Georgia’s Medicaid program." Basics of the Medicaid program, key features of waivers and questions to consider about change to Georgia’s medicaid programs.

Medicaid brochure or publication:
Georgia Medicaid Overview: Background and Briefing Information for Georgia Lawmakers, Public Officials, and Candidates for Public Office

source:Georgia Budget & Policy Institute
file size: 11 pg. languages: English
Georgia policy makers' briefing about the state’s Medicaid program, who the program serves, how Georgia Medicaid is administered and provided, and the role of Georgia Medicaid in the state’s health care system.

website: 42 ways to cure Medicaid
News story from the Atlanta Business Chronicle

Medicaid brochure or publication:
Medicaid At-a-Glance 2005

source: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
file size: 12 pg. languages: English
A brief explanation of the Medicaid program.

topics:Children's Medicaid, Children's Health Insurance format: brochure or publication:
Guide to Finding Health Insurance Coverage - Georgia

source:Families USA
8 pages; languages: English
from the brochure or publication: "...Whether you have recently lost your job, are an early retiree, or have a serious medical condition, this guide includes numerous resources that may help you find the coverage you need..... "

more from Families USA:
topics:Children's Medicaid, Children's Health Insurance format: brochure or publication:
When an Apple A Day Isn't Enough: Students in Georgia Speak Out about Health Care
12 pages; languages: English
from the brochure or publication: "...the winning essays from the "When an Apple a Day Isn't Enough" national essay contest as well as basic information about why health insurance matters for children. ..."

topics:Children's Medicaid, Children's Health Insurance format: brochure or publication:
Medicaid Cuts Are Bad Medicine - Georgia

source:Families USA
2 pages; languages: English
from the brochure or publication: "Medicaid Is a Boon to Georgia’s Economy - In 2005, Georgia will spend nearly $7.5 billion on Medicaid. Of this, the federal government will contribute more than $4.5 billion.1 This $7.5 billion dollar investment will give Georgia’s economy a shot in the arm—stimulating state business activity and creating new jobs. Because Medicaid spending has an economic multiplier effect, each $1 million that Georgia invests in Medicaid results in more than $3.4 million in new business activity and nearly 31 newly created jobs."

topics:Children's Medicaid, Children's Health Insurance format: brochure or publication:
Georgia MEDICAID FACTS

source:National Association of Children's Hospitals and Related Institutions
languages: English
"The Medicaid program provides health insurance for 986,000 low-income children in Georgia....."

Medicaid brochure or publication:
Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services in Medicaid and SCHIP in Georgia

source: US Dep't of Health and Human Services, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration
file size: 6 pg. languages: English
"Georgia covers children using Medicaid, SCHIP Medicaid expansion, and separate-SCHIP programs."

web page:
Georgia Public Health Insurance for Parents

source:National Center for Children in Poverty
languages: English
"Parents have access to public health insurance coverage primarily through plans that target “families”, with significant variation by state in the types of plans that are available and in the eligibility criteria that parents must meet. Most family plans are funded through Medicaid, but a handful of states have waivers to use State Children’s Health Insurance Program (SCHIP) funds to cover parents..."

more from National Center for Children in Poverty:
Georgia Demographics of Low-Income Children
languages: English
"Research suggests that, on average, families need an income of about twice the federal poverty level to meet their most basic needs. Children living in families with incomes below this level—$40,000 for a family of four in 2006—are referred to as low income..."

web page:
Georgia & United States State Medicaid Fact Sheets

source:Kaiser Family Foundation
languages: English

Medicaid brochure or publication:
A Consumer's Guide to Getting and Keeping Health Insurance in Georgia

source:healthinsuranceinfo.net
file size: 37pg. languages: English
from GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY HEALTH POLICY INSTITUTE. As a resident of Georgia, you have rights under federal and state law that will protect you when you seek to buy, keep, or switch your health insurance, even if you have a serious health condition. This guide describes your protections as a resident of Georgia.

Medicaid web site: Medicare and Medicaid Nursing Homes in Georgia

languages: English
Listings of Georgia nursing homes for each city and town. Lists for larger cities include:

Atlanta Nursing Homes, Augusta Nursing Homes,
Macon Georgia Nursing Homes, and Savannah Nursing Homes

web page: Key Medicaid Information for Georgia

source:Elder Law Answers
languages: English
Explains important basics about Georgia Medicaid. Topics include protections for the community spouse, transfers, income, and estate recovery.

Medicaid brochure or publication:
Moving Medicaid to Managed Care in Georgia

source: The Carter Center
file size: 71 pg. languages: English
Tenth Annual Rosalynn Carter Georgia Mental Health Forum

The Medicaid Project

The Medicaid Project a consumer's guide to Federal and state medicaid Information resources topics: Georgia Medicaid Medicare, supplement insurance, medical coverage, medicaid inpatient, centers for Medicaid; Medicaid In Georgia; Medicaid Assistance information Click here for Medicaid general topics not particular to this state; Medicaid News, medicaid help
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Georgia Medicaid, Georgia Public Health Insurance Programs Directory of Medicaid Help & Information, Medicaid In Georgia, Medicaid assistance Finding the right answers and information about a complicated topic like Medicaid can mean searching through hundreds of pages at government and private websites. To help seniors and caregivers get started in their search, our editors have compiled this digest of Georgia Medicaid help and information resources.

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