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Georgia launches Medicaid expansion in closely monitored test of job requirements

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FIILE - Cassandra Welchlin, executive director of the Mississippi Black Women Roundtable, speaks during a news conference on groups pushing for lawmakers to extend postpartum Medicaid from 60 days to 12 months, Jan. 26, 2023, at the Mississippi State Capitol in Jackson. A Mississippi law that goes into effect on Saturday, July 1, 2023 authorizes one full year of postpartum Medicaid coverage. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis, File)

ATLANTA (AP) Georgia is offering a new deal to some uninsured adults starting Saturday: Go to work or school and the state will cover you. But advocates denounce the plan, which will insure far fewer people than a full-blown state Medicaid program, as unnecessarily restrictive and expensive. The program is likely to be followed as … Read more

Senate committee advances bill that could kill Army combat fitness test

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Senate committee advances bill that could kill Army combat fitness test

What is old may soon be new again. The Senate Armed Services Committee on Friday approved the House Fiscal Defense Policy Bill 2024, which according to an official summary reinstates the Army Physical Fitness Test (APFT) as a registration test. While the bill still has a long way to go before becoming law, the move … Read more