Medicaid Enrollment Challenge Persist as Georgia Expands Eligibility

TL/DR - Georgia’s new Medicaid program, Georgia Pathways, has seen slow enrollment, with only 1,300 people signed up. The state projected as many as 370,000 may be eligible for the program, which loosens Medicaid eligibility requirements by admitting adults without children who earn less than 100% of the federal poverty line. However, critics…

House Republicans’ Dysfunction Revealed in Speaker Fiasco

TL/DR - The Republican party in the US is facing a crisis of infighting and a lack of leadership, sparked by the inability to choose a new speaker for the House of Representatives. Jim Jordan, a right-wing Ohio congressman supported by former president Donald Trump, lost three rounds of voting to become speaker and was then rejected by other…

‘Sessions and McClain to Debate Democrats’ IRS Expansion Impact’

TL/DR - The Subcommittees on Government Operations and the Federal Workforce, and Health Care and Financial Services, are holding a joint hearing titled “Oversight of the Internal Revenue Service.” The focus will be on how IRS plans to utilize increased funding from the Inflation Reduction Act, and to discuss IRS policies on enforcement, customer…